Chevrolet 1+1⁄2-ton cargo truck with winch (pilot model)
Type
1+1⁄2-ton 4x4 truck
Place of origin
United States
Production history
Manufacturer
Pontiac West Assembly, Yellow Coach/GM Truck and Coach
Produced
1940–45
No. built
154,204 [1][2]
Specifications (Cargo with winch[3])
Mass
8,215 lb (3,726 kg) (empty)
Length
224 in (570 cm)
Width
86 in (220 cm)
Height
107 in (270 cm)
Engine
Chevrolet BV1001 235 83 hp (62 kW)
Transmission
4 speed X 2 range
Suspension
Live beam axles on leaf springs
Operational range
270 mi (434.5 km)
Maximum speed
48 mph (77 km/h)
The G-506 trucks, 1+1⁄2-ton, 4x4, produced as the Chevrolet G7100 (and originally G4100) models, were a series of (light) medium four wheel drive trucks used by the United States Army and its allies during and after World War II. This series came in standard cargo, as well as many specialist type bodies.
^Summary Report – Tank-Automotive Materiel (1945), pp. 66–71.
^of which 814 cargo trucks without/winch branded as YT & CMC (p.67)
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