Truck, Cargo, 2 1/2 ton, 6x6 M-35

The M-35 Cargo Truck is part of the G-742 (or M-44) series of 2 1/2 ton trucks. The many models of the very successful G-742 trucks were in Army inventory from the mid-1950s into the 1990s.

Details of the history, model numbers, and configurations of the M35-series of 6x6 cargo trucks are on the linked page.

M35 2 1/2-ton 6x6 truck exits the Army Reserve Center, Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, CA, as the 173rd Transportation Company transfers its vehicles to Fort Irwin, CA in support of Exercise Gallant Eagle '84, August 1984. Trailer appears to be M-149 Water Trailer.

Today in WW II: 21 May 1942 Sinking of the Mexican tanker Faja de Oro by German submarine U-160, off Key West, precipitates Mexican declaration of war against Nazi Germany.

Truck, Cargo, 2 1/2 ton, 6x6 M-35

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of the M35 2 1/4-ton 6x6 at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

A crane lifts an M-109A3 2-1/2 ton M-109 Truck, Shop Van, 6x6 aboard the commercial vessel SS Mostween 7 for shipment from the Port of Houston to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield, 30 Nov 1990

Security troops wearing combat and protective gear in the back of an M35A2C dropside truck during exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, 11 Feb 2001.

M35A2 2-1/2-ton 6x6 truck is driven through a brackish stream at Venado Beach for testing, Army Tropic Test Center, Panama Canal Zone, Aug 1984

M-35 2 1/2-ton 6x6 truck belonging to the District of Columbia National Guard's 547th Light Motor Transportation Unit, Naval Station Anacostia, DC, 16 June 1985.

2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment M35 2 1/2 ton 6x6 truck with communications shelter, during Operation Desert Storm, 12 Feb 1991. Pvt Melvin Hurston, 34th Signal Corps, digging in.

Marines from Marine Air Base Squadron 12, 1st Marine Air Wing, unload an M35 2 1/2 ton truck from an Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) Hercules C-130 aircraft, Kang Nung, Korea, 2 Nov 1978.

M35 2 1/4-ton 6x6 Photo Gallery

A Marine Corps M-35 loaded with C-rations is the first vehicle to use the newly completed Liberty Road into An Hoa, Vietnam, 27 August 1966. Note ring mount and M2 .50 cal. machine gun above the cab.

M-35 2 1/2 ton, 6x6 at the 146th Combat Support Hospital, Korea, 25 March 1986.

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Dashboard of M-35A2 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Truck, 6X6 W/O winch, powered by 6-cylinder LDT-465 Multifuel Engine, 5 speed manual transmission w/overdrive, two speed transfer case, air-shift front axle engagement, 24 volt electrical system, 50 Gallon fuel capacity.

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M-35 at Texas National Guard, Dallas, TX. Photo courtesy Bob Pettit.

M-35 at VFW Post 4239, Sidney, Ohio. Courtesy Bob Pettit.

M-35A2 data plate, left. Waxahachie, TX. Courtesy Bob Pettit.

M-35A2 data plate, right. Waxahachie, TX. Courtesy Bob Pettit.

Truck, Cargo, 2 1/2-Ton, 6x6 M35A3. Photo: eBay seller airliftparts.