The best truck of WWII?

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As for Tatra trucks, the T111 was designed built specifically for the Wehrmacht and used by the Heer as a heavy truck from 1942 and throughout the war.

This beast boasted 210 hp and could carry up to 10.3 tons and tow up to 22 tons!
 
Soren
my sources gave V3000 95bhp at 3500rpm (as 3000 shows, it was 3 tons not 2½ tons truck). SourceB. Quarrie's Encyclopedia of the German Army in the 20th Century

U.S Army Military Vehicles WW2 says that
GMC's Truck, Cargo, , 2½-Ton 6x6 had 104bhp engine.
GMC's, IHC's and Studebaker's Truck, Cargo, 2½-Ton 6x4 had 87 bhp engine.

Next in size was 4 tons truck.

Juha
 
Juha,

You seem to be believing that a 2½ ton truck means it's 2½ tons heavy, well it isn't, it's much heavier. The GMC CCKW weighes 5 tons and has 91.5 hp. The GMC CCKW can carry 2½ tons, as it says.
 
US had Diamont T 40 ton Transporter Tractor Model 980 designed to tow 40 ton trailer, which in fact could also handle war booty Panthers and there were lot of those Diamond Ts. It had 201 bhp at 1600rpm engine. And then there was M26 IIRC, designed to tow 45 tons semi-trailer.

Juha
 
Hey hey Juha, now we're talking tractors, the Germans had those as-well, like the 230 hp Sd.Kfz.9:



This beast was used to tow Tigers KingTigers when they got stuck or broke down.
 
Juha said:
Soren
Your source to your claim that V3000 had more powerful engine than GMC 2½ ton?

Juha
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Juha you just wrote it yourself, the V3000 has 95 hp, the GMC 2½ ton truck only has 91.5 hp.
 
Soren
why it is always so difficult with You? Your source, please.
I have gave my sources, for ex that 104 bhp for both GMC, Truck, Cargo, L.W.B. and S.W.B., 2½-ton, 6x6 comes from "U.S. Army Military Vehicles WW2" which happened to be reprint from wartime Technical Manual No. 9-2800, and 104 bhp is 9 bhp MORE than 95 bhp, at least here in Finland.

Juha
 
There abouts probably. The Trailer probably weighes ~17 tons and the tank 23 tons.
 
Here Juha, hope that it isn't too difficult for you to click the link:
270 to 302

From the site (Which is dedicated to the vehicle btw):
The original 270 series engine was first produced in a smaller displacement in 1939. The original engines series introduced over a couple years were 228 cid, 248 cid and 256 cid. The 270 engine was first produced at the request of the government. They liked the earlier versions of the deuces (ACKWX-353) but wanted more power for the later, large production orders. In 19 days, GMC modified the 256 engine and created the 270. This was not all that easy. They had to modify the water jackets to allow for the larger stroke along with creating different connecting rods. The original 270 engine had all of 91.5 horsepower and it was governed at 2750 RPMs. Always remember that all WW2 engines, GMC's included are long stroke engines that do not like or tolerate high RPMs for long. The 302 increased the bore over the 270 and changed the engine piston wise quite dramatically. They went from domes pistons in WW2 to flat pistons in the later engines. This also necessitated a different head design. Always remember too that the pedals are attached to the bell housing, so if you do not utilize the Chevy or GMC bell housing from the WW2 era, you have some serious issues to resolve
 
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