Military Light Trucks

Military light trucks (larger than a jeep but less than 2 1/2 ton rated capacity) are employed for every type of tactical and support mission. This chart includes many of the light trucks utilized by the U.S. military was well as a few from other countries.

Truck, 3/4 ton, 4x4 Dodge w/o winch (WC-51), France, 1944.

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Five Soldiers from A Distribution Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, stand in front of the M1070 truck-tractor and M1000 trailer, together the heavy equipment transport system (HETS), with a second M1070 on the M1000 trailer, Basrah, Iraq, 22 April 2011. L to r: SPC Rick Lindsey, SGT Aaron Ruiz, SGT Patricio Salgado, SPC Charles Masten, and SPC Anthony Ramirez.

Military personnel are transported in an M-113 armored personnel carrier armed with a M-2 .50-caliber general purpose heavy machine gun during Operation Desert Storm.

USMC Rifle, Self Propelled, Full Tracked, Multiple 106mm M50 in Vietnam. The Ontos mounts six 106mm recoilless rifles with coaxially mounted .50 caliber spotting rifles. Originally designed for an anti-tank role, it was primarily used in Vietnam for infantry support.

After using a ramp leading from an assault landing ship, vehicles drop into the water at an Italian Campaign beachhead. Lead truck is WC-54 3/4-ton ambulance followed by a 2 1/2-ton truck and a 3/4-ton cargo truck.

Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade with captured Germans in a jeep, with gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade in the background, near Ranville, on the evening of 6 June 1944. Appears to be a Ford GPW based on bumper holes.

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Chart of Military Light Trucks

In this chart of military light trucks, click on the photo link to go to the page of photos and information for the specific truck.

Vehicle	Description	Photo Link
	Before World War II
Early White	Click to see the rest of this panoramic photo of more than 20 White Standard Class "A" Trucks used by the U.S. Army during World War I. Photo from the National Archives, 1917-1918.
Early Packard	Packard 1 1/2 Ton truck Photo: From the Eisenhower collection, taken during the 1919 Transcontinental Motor Convoy.
Early Dodge	Dodge Trucks from before WW II used by US Army
Early Ford	Ford Trucks from before WW II used by US Army
Early Chevrolet	Chevrolet Trucks from before WW II used by US Army
	World War II Era
VC-1 to VC-6	Truck, 1/2 ton, 4x4, Dodge VC series (G505) Family of half ton Dodge trucks produced in 1940. Includes vehicles with pickup, panel, carryall, ambulance and command car body types.
WC-1 to WC-50	Truck, 1/2 ton, 4x4, Dodge WC series (G505) Family of half ton Dodge trucks produced in 1941-1942. Includes vehicles with pickup, panel, carryall, ambulance and command car body types.
WC-51 to WC-61 & WC-64	Truck, 3/4 ton, 4x4, Dodge WC series (G502) Family of 3/4 ton Dodge trucks produced in 1942-1945. Includes vehicles with pickup, panel, carryall, ambulance and command car body types.
WC-62 WC-63	Truck, Cargo, 1 1/2 ton, 6x6 Dodge (G507) Identical trucks except WC-62 is w/o winch while WC-63 is w/winch
ACK-353	Truck, 1 1/2 ton, 4x4, Cargo GMC Scan: Courtesy of Richard Notton from Bart Vanderveen's "Observer's Fighting Vehicle Directory, WW II"
G506 Series	Chevrolet 1 1/2 ton 4x4 Trucks (G506) Many body styles including Cargo, Panel, Tractor, Dump, and Telephone Maintenance.
GTB	Truck, 1 1/2 ton, 4x4 (Ford "Burma Jeep")
M-1-4	Truck, 1/2 ton, 4x4. (International Harvester)
M-2-4	Truck, 1 ton, 4x4. USMC and Navy (International Harvester M-2-4)
M-3-4	Truck, 1 1/2 ton, 4x4. USMC and Navy (International Harvester M-3-4)
M-3-6	Truck, 1 1/2 ton, 6x6. USMC and Navy (International Harvester M-3-6). Stretched variant of the M-2-4 with two rear axles, making it a 6x6. Only a very small number of M-3-6 trucks were manufactured.
	Post World War II
M-37 M-37B1	Truck, Cargo, 3/4 ton, 4x4 Dodge (G-741) (Many variants.)
M-43	Truck, Ambulance, 3/4 ton, 4x4 Dodge (G-741) Variant of M-37	See Military Ambulances
Willys FC	Willys Forward Control Military Trucks M-676, M-677, M-678, M-679
M-561	Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 6x6 "Gama Goat"
M-601	Cargo Truck, M601 one-ton 4x4 Special Power Wagon Late 1950s modified civilian Dodge Power Wagon, Export only TM9-8854 Operation, 1 ton Special Power Wagon Truck TM9-8855 Ordnance Maintenance, Cargo Truck M601 (modified M37)
M-615	Ambulance body version of M-601.
M-792	Truck, Ambulance, 1 1/4 ton, 6x6 "Gama Goat"	See Military Ambulances
M-715	Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 "five-quarter" (G-890) Kaiser
M-725	Truck, Ambulance, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 "five-quarter" (G-890) by Kaiser Jeep.	See Military Ambulances
M-726	Truck, Maintenance, 1 1/4 Ton, 4x4, Telephone, W/Winch, M-726 by Kaiser Jeep.
CUCV	Two families of Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicles (CUCV): M880/M88x/M89x Dodge M1008/M1009/M10xx Chevrolet
CUCV II	Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle II (CUCV II)
LSSV	Light Service Support Vehicle (LSSV)
M-998	Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) "hum-vee" Many variants.
M-997	Truck, Ambulance, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Ambulance body, M997 and other variants.	See Military Ambulances
JLTV	Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of vehicles to replace the HMMWV.
USMC IFAV	USMC Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon 290 Interim Fast Attack Vehicle
	Other than U.S. Vehicles
Land Rover	British Land Rover. Many variants used by many countries
F15	F15 Polsten. By Ford - Canada with standard British Army 20mm gun. Very rare.
Morris Commercial	1940 Morris Commercial, 4 x 2 PU, 8cwt wireless truck.
Toyota FQ15	Developed in the 1950s for Japan's military and other nations including U.S. Very similar to M-37. Photo: Courtesy Steve, Owens Export Service
Toyota Landcruiser	Military versions of the Toyota Landcruiser are in use all over the world, particularly in Asia and Australia. Many variants.
Unimog	Unimog. German workhorse military truck, used all over the world. German name: UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät, (universal motor equipment). Engines from 80-110hp. Many variants.
G-Wagen	Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen G-Class G-Wagen
Pinzgauer	Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer
Krupp-Protze	le.gl.LKW 1 to (6x4), Krupp L2H43 / L2H143 Light off-road truck, 1 metric ton payload Thanks to Andreas Mehlhorn for correct ID