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GMC Six-by-Sixes

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GMC Six by Sixes were two-and-a-half ton trucks produced by a division of General Motors during World War II. According to GM ^[1], between 1941 and 1945 around 525,000 of these vehicles were produced “in different lengths, configurations and body styles including cargo trucks, dump trucks, tankers, bomb transporters and fire engines.”

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“The courtyard echoed to the roar of revved-up engines. A procession of cloth-covered GMC Six-by-Sixes, their lights turned on for convoy formation, ground out through the gate and down to the highway, where a winterized jeep with a red flag was waiting.”

—Arthur R.G. Solmssen, Alexander’s Feast, (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1971), p. 83.

Also Known As (AKA)

GMC 6x6, GMC CCKW, Jimmys, Deuce-and-a-Half

Links

Related on eAlmanac
The Red Ball Express
Four-by-Four

Beyond eAlmanac
Wikipedia article on the GMC Six-by-Sixes
The GMC official Web site
The GMC CCKW Web site

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