GMC C60X in Russian Service

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Oliver Missing
Another question to you:
On p.264 of his OFVD, B.Vanderveen writes :
"...American Marmon-Herrington 6x6 trucks (dump trucks and wreckers) were also used by the Soviet Union..."
Any idea about these trucks ?

Oliver,

All I have is a picture of a Marmon-Herrington wrecker (see below). Reportedly, this is a "1944 Heavy Artillery Wrecking Truck" as depicted in "Army Ordnance" magazine, 1944.

Marmon-Herrington practically built anything for anybody. They were one of the largest companies commercially manufacturing vehicles for foreign customers. For example, the Netherlands East-Indies Army could hardly get any equipment at the outbreak of WW2, because all producing countries tried to equip their own neglected armed forces. Somehow Marmon-Herrington was not involved in large-scale manufacturing for the US Government, so they had capacity to deliver a wild array of vehicles for anyone who came up with cash.
Therefore, these Marmon-Herrington trucks could have been actually bought and paid for by the Soviets before the Lend-Lease program was started.

If you have more info about Marmon-Herrington trucks in Soviet service, please let me know.

Hanno