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Show - STANDARD CARS FOR FIELDUSES Among tho standard motor vc-k vc-k hl'tles being provided by tho Ord nance Department are the following: The ammunition truck which has a steel body designed to accommodate packing boxes of any type of ammu- tnltion mounted on a four wheel drive truck chassis. The equipment repair m.. aJP,t m,n 'of. the same type oXvaj of Chassis) has bias and drawers for P spare parti and material for repairing repair-ing personnel equipment, rifles and - machine guns, leather equipment, etc. The arClllerySrepatr truck has a tour wheel drive chassis and a small machine shop body wltr equipment consisting of & lathe, drill press, bench grinder, electric drill, welding outfit, air riveting hammer, milling attachment blacksmith outfit, and other tools. Electric power is supplied sup-plied by a gasoline driven generator. The 2 1-2 ton artillery tractor weighs about 5,000 pounds and Is capoble of making 12 miles an hour under favorable road conditions. The 6 ton artillery tractor, weighing 3,000 pounds and capable of a speed of 6 miles an hour, will handle a load of 10,000 pounds. It Is Intended, for use with 4.7 Inch gun and 6 Inch howitzer material. A load of 18,000 pounds Is the maximum for the 10 ton artillery tractor, which will make about 4 1-2 miles an hour on high speed. The 15 ton artillery tractor and the 120 horsepower artillery tractor will. be supplied In limited numbers.' They nro of tho track laying typo similar to those used by tho French and British Governments and aro for heavy loads which are not subdivided sub-divided for transportation. Other standard motor equipment consists of the reel and fire control truck with a four wheel drive truck chassis and rear wheels replaced by caterpillar tracks; reconnaissance car, a 1 ton truck capable of a speed of from 30 to 40 miles an hour; the light repair truck, weighing weigh-ing about 2,400 pounds; the 1 1-2 ton trailer for antl aircraft guns; the 3. Inch field gun trailer, which Is utilized for hauling ammunition as well as the 3 nch gun material. Tanks and other armored ,lftnd vehicles ve-hicles are designed, procured, and maintained by the Ordnance Department. There has been a constant effort to keep the variety of vehicles and parts to a minimum. Only one bIzo of tire Is used upon all of the heavier trucks and trailers, this site also being used on similar vehicles by the Quartermaster Corps, Signal Corps, and Engineers. The same magneto is used on all types of ordnance ord-nance vehicles. All types of ordnance ord-nance truck bodies are Interchangeable Interchange-able on all truck chassis Issued to tho Artillery. |
