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Liberty truck
Overview
Also calledStandard B "Liberty" truck
Production1917 – ?
AssemblyUnited States
DesignerUnited States Army Quartermaster Corps
Powertrain
EngineFour-cylinder, 424 cubic inches piston displacement, 52-horsepower
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase160 1/2 inches
Length261 inches
Width84 inches
Height75 inches
Curb weight3- 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

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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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Usage

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Specifications

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References

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  1. ^ "Historical Vehicle Collection: Liberty Truck". First Division Museum at Cantigny. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
  2. ^ "WWI Standard B "Liberty" Truck". National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Procurement: Military Vehicles and Durable Goods Industry". answers.com. Retrieved on July 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "The Liberty Truck". United States Army Transportation Museum. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
  5. ^ "National Army Museum Will Include WWI Liberty Truck". The Army Historical Foundation, May 27, 2009. Retrieved on July 17, 2009.
  • ref name=FDM
    • "known as the real “work horses” of World War I"
  • ref name=NMUSAF
    • "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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