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Early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940GMC AFKWX 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck, a predecessor to and cab-over version of the CCKW, date unknownGMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab gasoline tanker, 1940; it was capable of carrying 750 gallons of fuelDodge WC27 1/2 ton ambulances and CCKW 21/2 ton trucks loaded on railway flat cars for shipment from manufacturing plants to points of embarkation, circa 1941
Early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940GMC AFKWX 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck, a predecessor to and cab-over version of the CCKW, date unknownGMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab gasoline tanker, 1940; it was capable of carrying 750 gallons of fuelDodge WC27 1/2 ton ambulances and CCKW 21/2 ton trucks loaded on railway flat cars for shipment from manufacturing plants to points of embarkation, circa 1941
Early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, date unknownEarly GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base transport with winch and optional gun ring, date unknownFactory photo of an early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940-1942Factory photo of an early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base transport, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940-1942
Early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, date unknownEarly GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base transport with winch and optional gun ring, date unknownFactory photo of an early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab long wheel base transport with winch, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940-1942Factory photo of an early GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base transport, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1940-1942
Factory photo of GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base dump truck, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1941Front view of an International Harvester M-5H-6 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck with 12-ft. bed, built to the same specifications as the GMC CCKW but in much fewer numbers; Holabird, Mayland, United States, date unknownRear view of an International Harvester M-5H-6 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck with 12-ft. bed, built to the same specifications as the GMC CCKW but in much fewer numbers; Holabird, Mayland, United States, date unknownUS Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo trucks in maneuvers in Louisiana, United States, 1942
Factory photo of GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 closed cab short wheel base dump truck, Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 1941Front view of an International Harvester M-5H-6 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck with 12-ft. bed, built to the same specifications as the GMC CCKW but in much fewer numbers; Holabird, Mayland, United States, date unknownRear view of an International Harvester M-5H-6 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truck with 12-ft. bed, built to the same specifications as the GMC CCKW but in much fewer numbers; Holabird, Mayland, United States, date unknownUS Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo trucks in maneuvers in Louisiana, United States, 1942
A US Marine Corps motor detachment in New River, North Carolina, United States, May 1942US Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne preparing for a jump, North Africa, late 1942; note CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truckConvoy of CCKW 2 1/2-ton troop transports, date unknownF6F-3 Hellcat of Navy Fighting Squadron 33 after dropping into a bomb crater at the Barakoma airstrip, Vella Lavella, Solomons, late 1943. Fighting 33 was one of the few land based fighter squadrons, a role later taken up by Marine squadrons.
A US Marine Corps motor detachment in New River, North Carolina, United States, May 1942US Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne preparing for a jump, North Africa, late 1942; note CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 transport truckConvoy of CCKW 2 1/2-ton troop transports, date unknownF6F-3 Hellcat of Navy Fighting Squadron 33 after dropping into a bomb crater at the Barakoma airstrip, Vella Lavella, Solomons, late 1943. Fighting 33 was one of the few land based fighter squadrons, a role later taken up by Marine squadrons.
GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 open cab long wheel base transport with gun ring being prepared for shipment to North Africa, Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 27 May 1943B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 42nd Bomb Group on the ramp at Munda, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943. Note B-24 Liberator nose turrets at left.USS Boise firing on armor forces near Gela, Sicily, Italy as LST-325, full of US Army trucks, approached the landing beaches, 11 Jul 1943LST unloading vehicles and supplies on the beach in Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943; note Ford GPW Jeep in foreground
GMC CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 open cab long wheel base transport with gun ring being prepared for shipment to North Africa, Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States, 27 May 1943B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 42nd Bomb Group on the ramp at Munda, New Georgia, Solomons, 1943. Note B-24 Liberator nose turrets at left.USS Boise firing on armor forces near Gela, Sicily, Italy as LST-325, full of US Army trucks, approached the landing beaches, 11 Jul 1943LST unloading vehicles and supplies on the beach in Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943; note Ford GPW Jeep in foreground

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