![]() ![]() ![]() Large numbers of Studebaker US6 trucks were supplied to the Soviet Union via the Persian Corridor in Iran under the USA's Lend-Lease program. In 1945, it was lowered to 3 + 1⁄ 2 tons (3,200 kg), although on improved roads they could carry up to a maximum of 5 tons (4,500 kg). The results were used to direct the enlargement of the payload from 2 + 1⁄ 2 to 4 short tons (2,300 to 3,600 kg). The Red Army organized a test of eleven 6×6 "Studebekkers" (as they become referred to in the USSR) which took place between July 1942 and May 1943. The first Studebaker US6 trucks arrived in the USSR in the autumn of 1941. ![]() The Soviet Union would become the largest foreign operator. The US6 was manufactured primarily for export under Lend-Lease. All production by both manufacturers ended in 1945. Reo trucks are identical to Studebakers, but Reo built only cargo-model trucks with the long wheelbase and without the front-mounted winch, more specifically referred to as the US6 U9. Studebaker was the primary manufacturer, which built 197,678 of them at its South Bend IN plant, while Reo produced 22,204 more at its Lansing, Michigan plant from 1944 under a sub-contract. ![]() Studebaker, Yellow Coach (a GM company) and International Harvester all submitted designs that were accepted and went into production in 1941.Ī total of 219,882 2 + 1⁄ 2-ton 6×6 trucks and similar 5-short-ton (4,500 kg) 6×4 versions in thirteen variations were built. In 1939–1940 the US Army Ordnance Corps was developing 2 + 1⁄ 2-short-ton (2,300 kg) tactical 6×6 trucks that could operate off-road in all weather. Most of these were exported to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease by the USA during World War II, since the competing GMC 6×6 CCKW design proved to be more suitable for Western Front conditions. The basic cargo version was designed to transport a 2 + 1⁄ 2-short-ton (5,000 lb 2,300 kg) cargo load over any type of terrain in any weather. The Studebaker US6 (G630) was a series of 2 + 1⁄ 2-ton 6×6 and 5-ton 6×4 trucks manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation and REO Motor Car Company during World War II. ![]()
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