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M939 Series 5-ton 6×6 Truck
The M939 is a 5-ton six-wheel drive, 6×6 United States Armed Forces, U.S. military heavy truck. The basic cargo versions were designed to transport a cargo load over all terrain in all weather. Designed in the late 1970s to replace the M54 5-ton 6x6 truck, M39 and M809 series 5-ton 6x6 truck, M809 series of trucks, it has been in service ever since. The M939 evolved into its own family of cargo trucks, dump trucks, Semi-trailer truck, semi-tractors, vans, Tow truck, wreckers, and bare chassis/cabs for specialty bodies. 44,590 in all were produced. History In the late 1970s the M809 series 5-ton 6x6 truck, M809 series 5-ton (4,536 kg) 6x6 trucks, based on a 1949 design, were becoming old and mechanically dated. It was still a useful type, with 35,000 in service. A "Product Improvement Package" was developed to rebuild and update the M809 series into the M939 series. A new cab and hood are spotting features, but there were also other improvements. In 1982 AM General, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AM General
AM General is an American heavy vehicle and contract automotive manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. It is best known for the civilian Hummer and the military Humvee that are assembled in Mishawaka, Indiana. For a relatively brief period, 1974–1979, the company also manufactured transit buses, making more than 5,400 of them. Corporate history AM General traces its roots to the Standard Wheel Company of Terre Haute, Indiana, which expanded in 1903 to include the Overland Automotive Division. In 1908, John North Willys purchased the Overland company, then based in Indianapolis, Indiana, and renamed it Willys-Overland Motors. In the 1940s, as Willys, it collaborated with Ford to develop a vehicle to US Army specifications. It then mass-produced that vehicle as "America's first four-wheel-drive, one-fourth-ton, tactical utility truck"—the Jeep of World War II fame. In 1953, Kaiser Motors purchased Willys-Overland, changing its name first to Kaiser-Willys Motor Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
