Manufacturer Dodge Class AA Layout 9017 | Production 1.012 Body style pickup truck | |
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Assembly Dodge Factory, Hamtramck, MI | ||
The Dodge M1918 light repair truck (G10) was an open cab pickup used to carry tools for emergency repair of vehicles. It was used by the U.S. Army during and after World War I.
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The truck consists of a small steel body, built by Insley Manufacturing Co. mounted on a Dodge car chassis. It carries chests containing carpenter's and mechanic's tools, supplies, and lubricants for emergency repair. It was issued to heavy motorized regiments, machine-gun battalions, mobile ordnance repair shops, Ammunition trains, etc. this was the first example of what the modern army calls a contact truck.
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