User:Indubitably/Liberty truck
| Liberty truck | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Overview | |
| Also called | Standard B "Liberty" truck |
| Production | 1917 – ? |
| Assembly | United States |
| Designer | United States Army Quartermaster Corps |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Four-cylinder, 424 cubic inches piston displacement, 52-horsepower |
| Transmission | 4-speed manual |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 160 1/2 inches |
| Length | 261 inches |
| Width | 84 inches |
| Height | 75 inches |
| Curb weight | 3- to 5-tons |
The Standard B Truck, commonly known as the Liberty Truck is a military vehicle used during World War I by the United States Military.[1] Production of this U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps-designed vehicle began in 1917.[2]
History[edit]
Accustomed to using horse-drawn vehicles, the United States Army first extensively used motorized trucks in 1916 during the Pancho Villa Expedition. In 1913, the Quartermaster Corps formed a design committee comprised of Quartermaster officers, members of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), and volunteers from the automotive industry to design a fleet of standardized, non-commercial military trucks to be put into production following the United States' entering World War I in 1917.[3][4] The Army planned to contract components from various manufacturers—including Four Wheel Drive, Marmon, Reo, White, and Ford—to carry out assembly of the trucks in central locations.[3] Early cooperation led to pilot models being built just ten weeks after standardization.
"impacted American history and helped shape our culture."[5]
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- Hart, Albert Bushnell (1920). Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War. New York: Harper & Brothers, pp. 292–294. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
References[edit]
- ^ "Historical Vehicle Collection: Liberty Truck". First Division Museum at Cantigny. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- ^ "WWI Standard B "Liberty" Truck". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- ^ a b "Procurement: Military Vehicles and Durable Goods Industry". answers.com. Retrieved on July 18, 2009.
- ^ "The Liberty Truck". United States Army Transportation Museum. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- ^ "National Army Museum Will Include WWI Liberty Truck". The Army Historical Foundation, May 27, 2009. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
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- "known as the real “work horses” of World War I"
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- "one of the best-known Army trucks used in WWI"
- three- to five-ton
- "first pilot models were built only 10 weeks after the design was standardized."
- "Fifteen companies produced a total of almost 9,500 trucks and more than 7,500 of them went overseas."
- Four-speed transmission, top speed=15mph.
- Dibble, Susan (May 20, 2009). "Curator collects the artifacts to tell the proud history of the 1st Division". Daily Herald. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- "Army Mechanization Before WW II". olive-drab.com. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- 51,554 Army trucks sent overseas (see above: 7,500 of those Liberty trucks).
- OCW Staff (October 30, 2008). "'Liberty Cadillac' discovered" (PDF). Old Cars Weekly 37 (44): p. 10. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
- Eustis, John R. (Spring 1918). "The Abandoned Liberty Trucks". The Independent. New York: Independent Corporation XCIV: p. 289. Retrieved on July 18, 2009.
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Category:Military trucks