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230:. Following its approval and subsequent small changes to some design and technical aspects, official production of the First-type truck began in January 1918 with parts being produced by 150 different suppliers and assembly contracts awarded to 15 companies. The following are numbers produced in total prior to the signing of the
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A 'Class-C' 6-wheeled truck based upon the Class-B Liberty design was also proposed, but never manufactured during WW1. The extension of the frame and addition of a 3rd axle was a common alteration made to several surplus Class-B trucks in civilian and industrial service. The truck was also commonly
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with help from the
Society of Automotive Engineers in 1910 in an effort to help standardize the immense parts catalogue and multiple types of vehicles then in use by the US military, as well as create a truck which possessed all the best features of heavy truck technology then available. It was the
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Of the 9,364 produced prior to the
Armistice, several made it to French shores all of the 1st Series variant with electric lights. The first trucks arrived in early October 1918 and steadily flowed into French ports before and after the Armistice. Few made it into frontline service by wars end.
346:. However, several trucks would continue service with the US Military into the lean days of the late 20s and early 30s receiving engine, body and tire upgrades transforming them into wholly different trucks. The trucks seem to have generally disappeared from military use by 1940.
494:, and a 4 X 2 drive setup. The Liberty's four-speed coupled with its engine gave the truck a top speed of about 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). The engine was a collaboration amongst 5 different companies including the
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Indiana manufacturing plant storage lot)
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American
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Liberty truck was designed by the Motor Transport section of the Quartermaster Corps in cooperation with the members of the civilian
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Military truck Class B: Instruction Book Motor Transport Service, Quartermaster Corps
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Londyn: Komisja
Historyczna b. Sztabu Głównego PSZ, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks", 1995.
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first official standardized motor vehicle adopted and produced by the US Military.
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One Second-series truck at the National Marine Corps Museum at Quantico.
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles
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Restored Liberty Truck at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, OH
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Liberty Truck Engine, Right-side Cut-Awayshowing crankshaft and pistons
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First Series Liberty Truck in use by Polish AirForce ca. 1919-20
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First-series truck with AEF in Siberia near Narwa, ca. 1919
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Tarczyński, Jan, Barbaski Krzysztof, and Jońka, Adam.
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One at the Texas Military Forces Museum at Camp Mabry
581:(W. Winget owner) in Virginia (undergoing restoration)
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Motor Vehicles and trailers of the United States Army
822:, National Museum of the US Air Force, archived from
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1050:List of soft-skinned vehicles of the US military
782:, Iola, WI: Kraus Publications, 1996. pg. 246-7.
517:Liberty Truck Engine, Offset right-side Cut-Away
874:. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918.
896:https://books.google.com/books?id=UrtBAAAAIAAJ
573:National Museum of the United States Air Force
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464:Reserve fuel tank under passenger seat
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508:Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Company
344:American Expeditionary Force, Siberia
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805:Pojazdy w Wojsku Polskim: 1918-1939.
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16:US Army heavy-duty military truck
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506:(pistons), and the
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255:of Chicago, IL- 638
203:Quartermaster Corps
47:Various (see below)
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1063:Categories
972:AEC Y Type
892:(page 496)
830:2009-11-24
753:References
604:Lima, Ohio
556:Fort Bliss
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478:Powertrain
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218:History
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