This is a list of Vehicles used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps from World War I through World War II.
Designations[]
Vehicles specifically designed or adapted for the Signal Corps were initially designated by a "K" number. The K-number was later phased out along with the Signal Corps Radio nomenclature system, and was replaced by a "V" number under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS).
K numbers[]
K-number | tonnage | drive | manufacturer. | type | used with | publication | associated with |
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k-1 cart | unknown | 1 axle | unknown | wire | Telephone | ||
k-2 truck | unknown | 2 axle | unknown | lance wagon | Telephone | ||
k-3 cart | unknown | 1 axle | holms auto co. | wire caisson | K-4 | Telephone | |
k-4 cart | unknown | 1 axle | holms auto co. | signal caisson | K-3 | Telephone | |
k-5 truck | unknown | 4x2 | unknown | maintenance | Radio Tractor | ||
K-6 unknown | |||||||
K-7 unknown | |||||||
k-8 cart | unknown | 1 axle | unknown | signal | Telephone | ||
K-9 unknown | |||||||
K-10 unknown | |||||||
k-11 wagon | unknown | 1 axle | unknown | gas cylinder caisson | Balloons | ||
K-12 unknown | |||||||
K-13 trailer | unknown | unk. | unknown | storage battery | |||
K-14 trailer | unknown | unk. | unknown | radio | |||
K-15 unknown | unknown | unk. | unknown | ||||
K-16 unknown | unknown | unk. | unknown | ||||
K-17 unknown | unknown | unk. | unknown | ||||
K-18 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x2 | General Motors | COE/van | K-19 | TM 10-1702 | SCR-197 |
K-19 trailer | 1 ton | 1 axle | A. J. Miller | 21' house | K-18 | TM 11-805 | SCR-197 |
K-20 trailer | SCR-250 | ||||||
K-21 unknown | |||||||
K-22 trailer | 4 ton | 1 axle | Kingham trailer co. | turntable | K-32 | SNL G703 | SCR-270 |
K-23 unknown | |||||||
K-28 trailer | 4 ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation. | turntable | K-56 | FM 4-176 | SCR-268 |
K-29 trailer | 3 ton | 1 axle | Adam Black and Sons | box | SNL G705 | SCR-277 | |
K-30 truck | 5 ton | 4x4 | Autocar Company | van operating | SNL G511 | SCR-270 | |
K-31 truck | 5 ton | 4x4 | Autocar Company | van power | PE-74 | SNL G511 | SCR-270 |
K-32 truck | 5 ton | 4x4 | Autocar Company | prime mover | K-22 | SNL G511 | SCR-270 |
K-33 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | General Motors | stake bed | antenna hauler | SCR-270 | |
K-34 trailer | 5 ton | 2 axle | A. J. Miller | power | PE-84 | SNL G697 | SCR-268 |
K-35 trailer | 1.5 ton | 2 axle | Checker Motors Company | house | SCS-2 | SNL G699 | SCR-562 |
K-36 trailer | 2 ton | 1 axle | American trailer | pole dinky | K-42 | TM 11-368 | telephone |
K-37 trailer | 5 ton | 1 axle | highway | pole/reel | k-42 | SNL G687 | telephone |
K-38 trailer | 1/4 ton | 1 axle | York | splicers TE-56 | k-50 | SNL G685 | telephone |
K-39 trailer | 4 ton | 2 axle | unknown | unknown | |||
K-40 trailer | 4 ton | 2 axle | unknown | unknown | |||
K-41 trailer | 4 ton | 2 axle | unknown | mobile metero. station | TM 11-2409 | Signal Corps Radio | |
K-42 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet | telephone maintenance | no winch | TM 10-1202 | telephone |
K-43 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet | telephone maintenance | with winch | TM 10-1202 | telephone |
K-44 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet | auger | K-42/43 | TM 11-364 | telephone |
K-45 trailer | 1.5 ton | 1 axle | unknown | photographic | photo. | ||
K-49 trailer | 4 ton | 2 axle | unknown | unknown | |||
K-50 truck | 1/2 ton 3/4 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet & Dodge | slant box | telephone | ||
K-50B truck | 1/2 ton 3/4 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet & Dodge | square box | telephone | ||
K-51 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet | panel van | K-52 | SCR-299 | |
K-52 trailer | 1 ton | 1 axle | Ben Hur | power | PE-95 | SCR-299, SCR-399 | |
K-53 truck | 2.5 ton | 6x6 | GMC CCKW | van multi purpose | SNL G711 | ||
K-54 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | General Motors | stake bed | antenna hauler | SCR-270 | |
K-55 trailer | 1.5 ton | 2 axle | A. J. Miller | 21'house | fighter intercept | TM 11-487 | AN/TTQ-1 |
K-56 truck | 6 ton | 6x6 | White Motor Company | 24' van | SCR-268, SCR-545 | ||
K-57 truck | 2.5 ton | 6x6 | GMC CCKW | van | |||
K-58 trailer | 4 ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | Turntable | SNL G696 | SCR-268 | |
K-59 truck | 2.5 ton | 6x6 | GMC CCKW | van Antenna | |||
K-60 truck | 2.5 ton | 6x6 | GMC CCKW | van multi purpose | |||
K-61 truck | 2.5 ton | 6x6 | GMC CCKW | ||||
K-62 truck | 5/6 ton | 6x6 | Autocar Company | van same as K-30/31 | SCR-270 | ||
K-63 trailer | 1 ton | 1 axle | Ben Hur | power | PE-99 | ||
K-63A trailer | 1 ton | 1 axle | Ben Hur | power | PE-197 | ||
K-64 trailer | 4 ton | 1 axle | Couse | turntable | 30' AN-130 | SNL G703 | SCR-270 |
K-65 trailer | 1.5 ton | 2 axle | Checker Motors Company | house | K-35 | SNL G699 | SCR-270 |
K-66 unknown | |||||||
K-67 trailer | 6 ton | 1 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | turntable micky mouse | K-73 | TM 11-1109 | SCR-547 |
K-68 trailer | 7-ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | turntable | SNL G696 | SCR-268 | |
K-69 unknown | |||||||
K-70 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | Chevrolet | panel van | |||
K-71 trailer | 4 ton | 1 axle | Kingham | turntable | SNL G703 | SCR-270 | |
K-72 trailer | 7 ton | 2 axle | A. J. Miller | house | SCR-527 | ||
K-73 truck | 1.5 ton | 4x4 | General Motors | prime mover | K-67 | SCR-547 | |
K-74 unknown | |||||||
K-75 trailer | 14 ton | 2 axle | Kingham trailer co. | cab/antenna | K-56 | FM 4-146 | SCR-545 |
K-76 trailer | 5 ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | turntable receiver | K-60 | TM 11-1090 | SCR-527 |
K-77 trailer | 5 ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | turntable transmitter | K-60 | TM 11-1090 | SCR-527, SCR-545 |
K-78 trailer | 12 ton | 1 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | semi antenna | FM 4-144 | SCR-584 | |
K-79 trailer | 5 ton | unknown | unknown | radar antenna | TM 11-2620 | AN/MPS-9 | |
K-80 trailer | unknown | unknown | unknown | power | |||
K-81 trailer | unknown | unknown | Fruehauf Corporation | antenna mount | |||
K-82 unknown | |||||||
K-83 dolly | 1.5 ton | 1 axle | General Electric | adapter | K-78 | SNL G695 | SCR-584 |
K-84 trailer | 7 ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | amphibious | TM 9-873 | SCR-784 |
V numbers[]
- JETDS was adopted 16 February 1943
V-number | tonnage | drive | manufacturer. | type | used with | publication | associated with |
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V-1 trailer | 1-ton | 1 axle | unknown | antenna mount | PE-141 | AN/CRN-2 | |
V-2 trailer | 2 axle | (K-34 trailer) van | TM 11-1343 | AN/MPN-1 | |||
V-3 trailer | 1 axle | AN/CPN-7 | |||||
V-4 trailer | 2 axle | (K-34 trailer) van | AN/MPN-1A | ||||
V-5 trailer | 12-ton | 2 axle | Adam Black & sons | van | SNL G724 | AN/MPN-1B | |
V-6 trailer | 2-ton | 1 axle | localizer | AN/CRN-10 | |||
V-7 trailer | 2 axle | (K-34 trailer) van | AN/MPN-1C | ||||
V-8 truck | 4-ton | 6X6 | Diamond T | 968 truck/prime mover | two PE127 | SNL G509 | AN/MPN-1 |
V-9 trailer | 15-ton | 2 axle | Fruehauf Corporation | van | SNL G713 | AN/MPG-1 | |
V-10 truck | 4-ton | 6X6 | Diamond T | prime mover | two PE127 | SNL G509 | AN/MPN-1A |
V-11 truck | 4-ton | 6X6 | Diamond T | prime mover | two PE127 | SNL G509 | AN/MPN-1B |
V-12 truck | 5-6-ton | 4X4 | Autocar | (K-30 truck/van) | maintenance | SNL G511 | AN/MPN-1 |
V-13 trailer | 3.5-ton | 1 axle | pole hauler | SNL G782 | telephone | ||
V-14 trailer | 2 axle | AN/TPS-1 | |||||
V-15 trailer | 1-ton | 1 axle | Superior coach | antenna mount | SNL G518 | AN/TPQ-2 | |
V-16 trailer | unknown | IFF | AN/MPX-2 | ||||
V-17A truck | 2.5-ton | 6X6 | GMCREO Motor Car Company | pole derrick (CCKW)pole derrick (M44) | SNL G742 | telephone | |
V-18A truck | 2.5-ton | 6X6 | GMCREO Motor Car Company | auger (CCKW)auger (M44) | SNL G742 | telephone | |
V-19 trailer | |||||||
V-20 truck | |||||||
V-21 trailer | AN/TPQ-4 | ||||||
V-22 trailer | power | PU-133 | AN/GPN-2 | ||||
V-26 trailer | AN/MSG-1 | ||||||
V-31 trailer | AN/FPN-1A | ||||||
V-32 trailer | AN/MPS-4 | ||||||
V-33 truck | AN/MPS-4 | ||||||
V-35 truck | 1/4-ton | 4X4 | Jeep CJ | radio | (marines) | any vehicle mounted radio | |
V-38 trailer | 1-axle | AN/MSQ-1 | |||||
V-41 truck | 3/4-ton | 4X4 | Dodge | Telephone Maintenance | SNL G741 | telephone | |
V-42 trailer | 1 axle | AN/MPN-5 | |||||
V-43 trailer | 1 axle | AN/MPN-5 | |||||
V-44 trailer | 1 axle | AN/MPN-5 | |||||
V-45 dolly | 1 axle | AN/MPN-5 | |||||
V-46 truck | 4X4 | prime mover | AN/MPN-5 | ||||
V-53 trailer | 10-ton | 2-axle | AN/GPN | ||||
V-54 trailer | 10-ton | 2-axle | AN/GPN | ||||
V-55 trailer | operation van | AN/MTQ-1 | |||||
V-61 cart | dolly for an/fps-8 | AN/MPS-11 | |||||
V-62 trailer | antenna mount | AN/MPQ-10A | |||||
V-63 trailer | antenna mount | AN/MPS-7 | |||||
V-65 trailer | antenna mount | AN/MPS-14 | |||||
V-66 trailer | transmitter/modulator | AN/MPS-14 | |||||
V-67 trailer | outrigger transporter | AN/MPS-14 | |||||
V-71 trailer | 2-axle | antenna mount | AN/GPN-6 | ||||
V-75 trailer | 2-axle | antenna mount | AN/MPS-8 | ||||
V-79 trailer | 1-axle | operations | AN/MTQ-1 | ||||
V-83 trailer | 1-axle | operations | AN/MRC-41 | ||||
V-96 trailer | operations | AN/MPN-11 | |||||
V-97 trailer | power | AN/MPN-11 | |||||
V-112 trailer | 2-axle | transmitter van | AN/MPS-11 | ||||
V-113 trailer | 2-axle | power distribution van | AN/MPS-11 | ||||
V-120 trailer | 1 axle | cable reel | telephone | ||||
V-121 trailer | power | AN/MPN-11 | |||||
V-126 truck | 3/4-ton | 4X4 | Dodge | Antenna mount | SNL G741 | AN/MPX-7 | |
V-130 trailer | 2-axle | AN/MPQ-4 | |||||
V-189 trailer | 3-ton | 2-axle | operations center | SNL-G833 | AN/MSC-25 | ||
V-197 trailer | 2-axle | AN/MRC-115 | |||||
V-221 trailer | 2-axle | operations center | AN/MCC-12 | ||||
V-271 trailer | 2-axle | AN/TRC-87 | |||||
V-280 trailer | 2-axle | maintenance | AN/MSQ-35 | ||||
V-287 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauler | AN/MSQ-35 | ||||
V-317 trailer | 2-axle | TTY operations center | AN/MGC-31 | ||||
V-398 trailer | 2-axle | electric repair | AN/MSA-34 | ||||
V-415 trailer | 1/4-ton | 1-axle | electomagnetic Ind. Inc. | radio | AN/MRC-127 | ||
V-434 cart | push cart | test equipment | TM-11-6625-1668-12 | AN/GGM-15 | |||
V-452 truck | 2.5-ton | 6X6 | M109 van | IBM punch card | TM-11-7440-278-14 | AN/MYK-8 | |
V-460 truck | 2.5-ton | 6X6 | M109 van | IBM punch card | TM-11-7440-278-14 | AN/MYK-8 | |
V-474 dolly | pod carrier | AN/ALM-153 | |||||
V-483 truck | 2.5-ton | 6X6 | M109 van | IBM punch card | TM-11-7440-278-14 | AN/MYK-8 | |
V-485 dolly | 2-axle | test equipment | AN/ALM-166A | ||||
V-487 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | C-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-488 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | S-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-489 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | C-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-490 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | C-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-491 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | L-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-492 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | S-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-493 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | S-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-494 trailer | 2-axle | antenna hauller | X-band | AN/MPS-T1 | |||
V-498 trailer | 1/4-ton | 1-axle | (M569) central office | SNL-G857 | AN/TTC-41 | ||
V-499 trailer | 2-axle | electronic repair | TM 11-4940-476-24 | AN/ALM-153 | |||
V-516 trailer | 2-axle | test facility | AN/MSM | ||||
V-521 trailer | 2-axle | data processing | AN/MYQ-4 | ||||
V-528 trailer | 2-axle | central office | AN/TTC-39 | ||||
V-600 trailer | 2-axle | transportable shelter | AN/USD-9 |
See also[]
- Signal Corps Radio
- List of military vehicles of World War II
- List of U.S. military vehicles by supply catalog designation
- List of U.S. military vehicles by model number
- List of military electronics of the United States
References[]
- TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. dated 1 sept. 1943
- TM 9-2800 Military vehicles dated October 1947
- TM 11-227 Signal Communication Directory. dated 10 April 1944
- TM 11-487 Electrical Communication systems Equipment. dated 2 October 1944
- TM 11-487-C1 military standardization handbook dated 1965
- T/O&E 44-16, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Mobile, dated 17 November 1944
- T/O&E 11-57, Armored Signal Company, dated 15 September 1943
External links[]
- http://books.google.com/books?id=3XcMAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=ameraca%27s+munitions+1918#PPA1,M1 production numbers and manufacturers
- http://sdr.lib.umich.edu/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062770162 signal corps storage catalogue 1920
- http://earlyradiohistory.us/1916sc.htm early systems
- http://www.monmouth.army.mil/historian/photodisp.php?fname=Field_Radio_Set_circa1908.jpg&dirname=Radio first mobile radio?
- http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mil/Museum/ExhibitsIndex.htm
- http://www.mobileradar.org/radar_descptn_2.html MobileRadar.org
- http://www.cckw.org/TM9-2800.htm Army manual TM 9-2800
- http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/ref/Amphibious/Amphibious-5.html#armynavy Historic Mobilization Lists
- http://www.signal.army.mil/ocos/museum/equipment.asp Fort Gordon Museum, SCR and BC list
- [1] k-13/k-14 trailers
- http://www.tpub.com/content/radar/TM-11-487C-1/index.htm V-numbers
- http://www.hnsa.org/doc/ecat/index.htm
The original article can be found at List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles and the edit history here.