Today in WW II: 16 Jun 1940 Armistice advocate, 84-year-old Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France, requests peace terms from Germany, forms Vichy France government.  More ↓
16 Jun 1941 On orders from the US Department of State, all consulates, travel and other agencies of Nazi Germany in the US are closed.
16 Jun 1942 RAF and US planes sink Italian cruiser and 2 destroyers that attacked Allied convoys in Mediterranean.
16 Jun 1943 Last Jewish residents of Berlin are deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp, reducing to zero the pre-Nazi Jewish population estimated at 186,000.
16 Jun 1943 Over Guadalcanal in the Solomons, 77 Japanese fighters and bombers downed by Allied pilots with 17 more destroyed by ships and antiaircraft guns. US lost only six planes.
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Chart of Military Dolly and Dolly Sets

M197A1 Dolly, Trailer Converter: 6-ton, 2-Wheel at the US Marine Corps Mechanized Museum, Camp Pendleton, CA
M197A1 Dolly, Trailer Converter: 6-ton, 2-Wheel at the US Marine Corps Mechanized Museum, Camp Pendleton, CA.

Military Dolly and Dolly Sets are used to convert semitrailers into full trailers. Dolly Set Mobilizers are made for the purpose of making containers or transportable shelters towable by attaching to both ends and lifting the weight onto the dolly set mobilizer wheels.

Vehicle Description Photo Link
K-83 K-83 Dolly, Trailer Converter (G-695)
Used with K76A & B semitrailers
General Electric constructed a dolly for the SCR-584 radar vam, designated K-83. The K-83 was designed to attach to a semi-trailer hitch, allowing smaller vehicles to move the SCR-854		  
M197 M197 Dolly, Trailer Converter, 6-ton, 2-Wheel (G-800
M197 NSN 330-00-835-8615, M197A1 NSN 2330-00-569-0782, TM 9-2330-203-14&P		  
M198 M198 Dolly, Trailer Converter, 8-ton, 2-Wheel (G-800)
M198 NSN 2330-00-287-5203, M198A1 NSN 2330-00-563-7248, TM 9-2330-203-14&P		  
M199 M199 Dolly, Trailer Converter, 18-ton (G-811)  
M354 M354 Dolly, Trailer Converter, 18-Ton, 4-Wheel (G-706)  
M363 M363 Dolly, Trailer Converter, 7 1/2-tons (G-706)  
M365 M365 Dolly, Trailer Converter, 10-tons (G-676)  
M689 M689 Dolly Set, Lift, Transportable Shelter
NSN 2330-00-226-6076, TM 9-2330-275-14&P		  
M720 M720 Dolly Set, Lift, Transportable Shelter: 3-Ton
NSN 2330-00-912-4251, TM 9-2330-285-14&P		  
M832 M832 Dolly Set, Lift, Transportable Shelter: 5 1/4-Ton
NSN 2330-00-221 -4939, TM 9-2330-275-14&P		  
M840 M840 Dolly Set, Lift, Transportable Shelter: 4 1/2-Ton
NSN 2330-00-937-1175, TM 9-2330-275-14&P		  
M1022 M1022 Dolly Set, Lift, Transportable Shelter: 7 1/2-Ton
NSN 2330-01-167-7262, TM 9-2330-379-14&P