Re: [MV] Windshield Data Sheet

From: DDoyle9570@aol.com
Date: Wed Oct 31 2001 - 10:21:19 PST


The M-35 type 6x6 truck was developed in response to Joint Army Navy
Specification JAN-T-712, dated 17 December 1948. Reo completed preliminary
work on this series truck by April 1949, and the requirements were finalized
in May of the same year. Pre-production pilot models were quickly tested,
and by 1950 production of these vehicles, then considered "interim" was in
full swing. By the time production ceased in the mid-1980's, the Reo design
had been produced under no less than 10 marquis, including Reo Motors,
Studebaker, Studebaker-Packard, Curtiss-Wright, Kaiser-Jeep and AM General.
The truck's style has become so familiar it is considered synonymous for "US
6x6 military truck." Ranging from the M35 cargo variant to variants as exotic
as nuclear missile launcher, this chassis mounted dozens of different bodies
for specialist use.
    These vehicles were originally powered by the Reo designed OA-331 inline
six cylinder 331 cubic inch gasoline engine. Later models (M35A1 was the
cargo form), were powered by a straight six LDS-427-2 Multifuel engine, with
427 cubic inch displacement. These engines are able to burn diesel, jet
fuel, kerosene, or gasoline, or any combination of these, without adjustment
or modification. The LDS-427-2 was replaced with the LD-465 series of
Multifuel engines in the M35A2 series, which are slightly larger (478 cubic
inches) and more reliable. These evolved into the LDT-465 series, which are
turbosupercharged. All the Multifuel engines are compression ignition
engines. A modernization program implemented in the 90's will insure that
these trucks will serve well into the new century, now being powered with
Caterpillar diesel engines.
    All of these trucks can run through water 30 inches deep without
modification, and a quickly installed accessory kit will allow the truck to
run completely submerged.



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