U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4
U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4

U.S. ARMY TRUCKS. CHEVROLET 1.50-ton 4x4

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Between 1940 and 1945, Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors delivered just over 170,000 vehicles of all types to the U.S. Army and to the Allied nations.


 

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Of this production, nearly 160,000 units were built in the 1.5-ton, 4x4 version. It would come in a great many variants: cargo, signal corps van, engineer dump trucks, tractors, bomb service trucks for aviation, etc.

This small truck was present on every theatre of operations of the Second World War, where its ruggedness and mechanical reliability enabled it to carry out every mission assigned to it without faltering. More than three-quarters of a century after its first turns of the wheel, it remains the pride of fortunate and passionate collectors.

The author: 

Didier Andres, born in 1959 in Verviers, Belgium, has a passion for military history and American vehicles of the Second World War. He has assembled an impressive collection of technical and photographic documentation on the subject, which he has been happy to share through regular writings — books and magazines — for some twenty years.

Table of Contents

1. General Overview

2. The Different Series

3. Cargo Trucks

4. Panel Delivery Trucks

5. Cargo Dump Trucks

6. Tractor Trucks

7. Bomb Service M6

8. Telephone Trucks

9. Chassis with/Cab

10. Cab Over Engine

11. Low Silhouette

12. The 1-ton Trailer

13. In the Field

14. Planned Obsolescence?

15. Lend-Lease

16. The Post-War Period

17. The Chevy's Legacy

Appendices, administrative data, bibliography.

Author 1
Didier Andres
Publication date
28/08/2018
Pages
144
Illustrations
200+ photos and illustrations
Cover
Paperback
Language
French

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