Tag Archives: truck

GMC Trucks

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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New Trucks from MiniArt

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two new 1:35 scale WWII German L1500 cargo truck and passenger car from MiniArt.

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How to Tow the Me 109 Fighter with a Truck

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

 

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Dodge ¾-ton 4×4 Storage and Shipment

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for storage and shipment of the Dodge weapons carrier and variants (WC-51 through WC-60) from TM 9-808: ¾-Ton 4×4 Truck (Dodge), War Department Technical Manual, January 1944. STORAGE AND SHIPMENT 194. STORAGE AND SHIPMENT (GENERAL).   a. The 3/4-ton truck … Continue reading →

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Loading a Jeep into a C-47 Cargo Plane

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for loading a jeep into a C-47 cargo plane from Loading of Field Artillery Materiel for Air Transport, Instruction Memorandum, Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, March 1943. The C-47 airplane. This airplane has a pay load of 4900 … Continue reading →

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New Mid Tiger I

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New “Mid” Tiger I announced from Cyberhobby — full name: Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. E Tiger I MID Command Version January ’44 Production.    

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Take the “HE” Out of Summer’s Heat

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Take the ‘HE’ out of summer’s HEAT!” from Army Motors, Vol. 6, No. 3, June 1945. Hot weather can stop your vehicle just as dead as a burst of hot steel—it takes a bit longer, that’s all. Summer-wise GI’s will … Continue reading →

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Cyberhobby 1/35th German 3-ton Truck

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Cyberhobby has just announced their upcoming plastic model kit 1/35th Sd.Kfz. 305 German 3t 4×2 Truck.    

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USMC Trucks

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Color photographs of USMC trucks and men at New River, North Carolina in May 1942 from the Library of Congress.

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Watch on the Rhine

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The nine main causes for failures of U.S. Army GMC trucks were outlined on the back cover of Army Motors, Dec. 1944. THE 1ST ARMY POINTS OUT 9 THINGS TO WATCH ON THE RHINE … or anywhere else 2½-ton, 6×6 GMC’s … Continue reading →

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