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How many men could be seated in the back? 12, 14 or 20? 68.7.39.127 (talk) 16:19, 8 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

5 Jun 14 infobox[edit]

A US built truck, infobox had different units first, now all SAE (that's what my sources use anyway). I don't know how to convert 2+1⁄2 TONS into (kgs). Long;short tons mean nothing here, we only use TON for SHORT tons, no longs used. Sammy D III (talk) 13:33, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Different trucks[edit]

I have been playing with some similar trucks, the Chevy G506, GMC CCKW & DUKW, Stude US6, ZiS-151 (USSR), and Jiefang CA-30 (China). Sammy D III (talk) 04:50, 9 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Info sources[edit]

Two seemingly reliable sources of info on the CCKW are:

Wikiuser100 (talk) 15:36, 25 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to find out if my military truck has ever seen combat or where if it did Richard schlappi (talk) 00:39, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Built where[edit]

They were also built by Chevrolet in St. Louis. If you want to link a specific plant, you would need to link that one, too. Sammy D III (talk) 14:00, 2 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Some similar articles have this format. Anything can go into "References" but will not have a footnote. Any inline cites (<ref> xxx </ref>) will come out in "Notes". To make those short ones use " {{sfnp | author or title | 1999 | p=}} " , when the info matches on two or more they will combine below. Sammy D III (talk) 17:48, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

I have been moving trucks to a common format which includes weight class and drive, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6x6 truck. Sammy D III (talk) 21:00, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Sammy D III: it sounds more like a fan identification than like a factory one, for me. These details (already given from the very first line of both the page and the info-box) shouldn't be used in the name, as they are just technical details. Or the WP pages of other military trucks should be changed for consistency: should we really rename the Willys MB as Willys MB ¼-ton 4x4 truck or change the Kaiser Jeep M715 to Kaiser Jeep M715 1¼ton / Five-quarter-ton 4x4 truck?
The funny part in this is that a few months ago you changed the info-box title of the Chevrolet G506 from 1 1⁄2-ton 4x4 Truck (Chevrolet) to Chevrolet G506 (the "truck" info you added later is redundant for whoever can see the picture of the vehicle, IMHO), apparently considering that you made a mistake by giving the first one (Oops, as you indicate

): why should the GMC cousin 'benefit' from the opposite treatment?
For the record, I read the title of the official technical manuals as Type / Make / Model name. A Truck 2½-ton, 6x6, GMC CCKW-352 & 353 means then logically "just" a GMC CCKW-352 & 353, for me

Regards,
BarnCas (talk) 18:11, 6 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are we talking about the title only? I did not try to make it exactly official, I tried to make it clear what the truck was, and that it was a truck. In the infobox I have no opinion, other than all articles should be the same.

"fan identification" is sort of correct. I thought that most people with any military interest would immediatly know the type of truck by "ton x wheel". It's a standard measurement, widely used. And I thought that amatuers might know "21⁄2-ton" more than "GMC CCKW". 352 and 353 are just the two different wheelbases, I thought that was too detailed.

GMC CCKW and Kaiser-Jeep M715 is comparing apples to oranges. They have two different naming systems. "Kaiser-Jeep" is a cool name, though. I have left M715 alone.

During WWII manufacturers generally built their own design with their own model name. Others might build copies. The truck was a "GMC CCKW" even when built by Chevrolet (who actually made more, I think). Of course there are always exceptions. Any "M" number, like "M1", is for the body, not the truck..

After WW II "M" numbers relate to the entire truck. A M35 (sucessor to the CCKW) is the basic cargo version, M36 a long cargo version, and M47 a dump truck. Each truck with each body has it's own number.

I worked off Category:Military trucks of the United States. You can probably recognise some of my titles. Post war are under "M" numbers. I changed these names on my own. I asked for comments in a few places but didn't get any. You can certainly do whatever you want.

Thank you. Sammy D III (talk) 01:22, 7 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a fan page. Fan identifications shouldn't then been used as page titles, IMHO...
BarnCas (talk) 06:05, 8 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

6x6[edit]

I would like to know if my military truck ever seen service and where if it did  Richard schlappi (talk) 00:38, 14 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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