U.S. 2 1/2ton 6X6 Truck 1/35 35218

US Truck 2 1/2ton 6X6 1/35 35218
 The term 2,5-ton, 6x6 truck (colloquially: deuce and a half) refers to the entire family of medium-duty trucks used by the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, but also on a large scale during the Cold War. This family of trucks was designed and produced in the early 1940s for the U.S. Army as a basic 5,000-lb (2.5 "short" or 2.3 metric) heavy-duty truck for terrain and all-weather conditions. From the beginning, it was assumed that this type of car would be simple in design and mass-produced. During World War II, a total of over 700,000 trucks of this type were created, notably by GMC (model CCKW) and Studebaker. Many of these vehicles found their way to the USSR under the loan-and-lease program. These truck families played a gigantic role in the logistics and transportation of Allied and Soviet troops during World War II. After 1945, the M35 series trucks, which are often also part of the family, were put into service 2 , 5 -ton, 6x6 truck.