Army trucks WWll... 'Good enough for gov't work' was actually better...

[Norrrm]

Army trucks WWll... 'Good enough for gov't work' was actually better...

That was actually a brilliant strategy. Standardized parts. Easily repairable. If you could drive / fix one, you could do the others. German mechanics and engineers developed an appreciation for the simplicity and versatility of our basic trucks. Theirs were overly complicated.
In WW1, our army had something like 25 brands of trucks. Parts and maintenance were a nightmare...

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. A truely great insight into why we won WW2. It applied to air dominance as well.

[bluedigger]

2. That logistical mess in WWI lead to the Liberty Truck, of course.

Too late to make an impact in the First World War, but it lead to a big change in military procurement and the eventual trucks of WWII.

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[Norrrm]

3. State of the art for the time.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Through that lend lease thingy, USSR receive the Studebaker US6 Deuce and a Half and were gobsmaked!

Electric start that actually worked in sub zero weather by just pushing the button; no more three man teams operating a crank for twenty minutes. Easy field repair with a simple roll of common wrenches.

150,000 delivered to Russia!

[VGNonly]

5. The Sto-Wing design

on US fighters and bombers, notably on Grummans, gave the US superiority in the air war. Carriers could be packed with the twist/fold wings. The TBF Avenger shrunk the wingspan from 54 feet to 19.