M-416 1/4 Ton Trailer

The M-416 1/4 Ton Trailer was commonly used with the M-151 series jeeps. It followed the general design of the World War II Willys MB-T (and Bantam T3) 1/4 trailer and the post-war M-100 1/4 ton trailer. The main visual difference is the square top fenders on the M-416 trailer vs. round fenders on its predecessors.

M151A2 jeep with M416 trailer, Operation CAX 1-2-82, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, November 1981.

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Trailer, Cargo: 1/4-Ton, 2-Wheel, M416 (G857)

The M416 was produced in variants M-416 and M-416A1 as the 1/4-ton cargo trailer for the M-151 series jeeps. The M-416 manual for Operation and Maintenance is TM 9-2330-251-14&P dated September 1990 and titled:

OPERATOR'S, ORGANIZATIONAL, DIRECT SUPPORT,
AND GENERAL SUPPORT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
(INCLUDING REPAIR PARTS AND SPECIAL TOOLS LISTS)
FOR
TRAILER, CARGO: l/4-TON, 2-WHEEL
M416 (NSN 2330-00-706-5495)
AND
M416A1 (NSN 2330-01-046-2855)

This manual supersedes TM 9-2330-251-14&P, dated 25 October 1985.

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of the M-416 1/4-ton trailer at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

An M151A2 jeep, towing an M416 trailer, is being unloaded from the GTS ADM WILLIAM M. CALLAGHAN cargo ship during exercise Reforger 80, Antwerp Belgium, 9 September 1980.

Marines take cover behind vehicles during street fighting in Operation Hue City, Vietnam, 5 February 1968. Center is M151A1 jeep with USMC fording equipment and M416 1/4-ton trailer. At center right, appears to be an M35 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck.

Members of 2nd Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, and 1ST Battalion, 67th Armor, wash M151A2 jeeps and M416 trailers at a commercial bus washing facility, at the conclusion of SPEARPOINT 84, a phase of Exercise REFORGER 84, near Rautheim, West Germany, 15 August 1984.

1966 Ford Motor Co, 1/4 ton MUTT (Military Utility Tactical Truck), 4x4, model M151A1, s/n 2K3786, odometer 32068, 4 speed manual transmission, with 4 cylinder gasoline engine. Behind the jeep is a 1966 Stevens mfg, M416 1/4 ton cargo trailer, s/n 2028. Courtesy: Government Liquidation LLC.

Marines participate in Exercise SOLID SHIELD 83, Camp Lejeune, NC, 16 April 1983. In the foreground is an M151A2 1/4-ton 4x4 light vehicle (jeep) towing an M-416 trailer. In the background is a 6x6 wrecker and other heavy equipment.

Combat engineers using LVTP-7 for transportation, followed by M-151 jeep with M416 trailer, Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combined Training, Twentynine Palms, CA, 1 Nov 1981. Towed behind the LVTP-7 appears to be a Mine Clearing Line Charge mounted on an M353 trailer.

Trailer, Cargo: 1/4-Ton, M416 Photo Gallery

Marines in an M-151A2 1/4 Ton vehicle with M-416 1/4 ton trailer meet a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter during rapid response loading Exercise Agile Sword '86, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, FL, 22 May 1986.

M-416 1/4 Ton Jeep Trailer (G857)