Studebaker WW2 history

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

The thesis has some holes in it for sure .

"In the early years of the war, most of the US6s were shipped to the Allies in Europe." I thought that US6 trucks are rare in Europe these days with few ever going to the Allies in Europe ? Does anybody know more.



"Once the United States had entered the war, the US6 was used on all fronts." Not true, no US6 trucks were used in the SWPA as far as I know . The Australian US6 deliveries were very late in the war they and were stored away until the early 1960s .

The US6 was supplied Lend Lease to UK and Russia. The reason there are few left in Europe is that on disposal they were worked to death in civilian use afterwards.
I recall some good articles in the MVPA Army Motors magazine years ago saying how the US6 was not the standard cargo truck for US Forces during WW2 and that the only main use was on the building of the Alaska Highway.