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Old 05-03-05, 17:47
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Default Truck, 1½-ton, 4x4, Reconnaissance

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Originally posted by Bill Murray
The two MH USMC official pics on this thread were dug up by me in the USMC archives and passed on to both Bart and Fred Crismon.
Good to hear about the source of these pictures! Bart printed the first one, captioned:
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Truck, 1½-ton, 4x4, Cargo and Personnel (Ford 09T/Marmon-Herrington)
V-8-cyl., 95-bhp, 4F1Rx2, wb 134 in. One of many Ford trucks converted to all-wheel drive by Marmon-Herrington. This 1940 model was used by the USMC as Truck, 1½-ton, 4x4, Reconnaissance. Similar body on IHC 1-ton 4x4.
Noteworthy is that the rear body is stencilled "CAP. 2000 LBS" so it really was a 1-ton truck...

Further, Bart only lists the ½-ton truck as the Ambulance version, I guess the Cargo and Personnel version never made it into service.

H.
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