M818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton 6x6
The M-818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton 6x6 is part of the G-908 (or M-809) series of 5 ton 6x6 trucks. Details of the history, model numbers, and configurations of the M809-series of trucks are on the linked page.
The M-818 Truck, Tractor has a towed load allowance of 37,500 lb.
M-818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton, 6x6, with XM-971E1 semi-trailer van, Selfridge ANG Base, MI, 3 November 1982.
M-818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton 6x6, towing a heavy equipment transporter semi-trailer, loaded onto a floating causeway, off the coast of North Carolina, exercise Ocean Venture '92, 13 May 1992.
M-818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton, 6x6, with trailer driving off a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III at Taszar Air Field near Kaposvar, Hungary, on 19 December 1995.
M-818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton, 6x6, Granbury, TX, 11 August 2005. Photo: Courtesy of Bob Pettit.
M-818 Truck, Tractor, 5 Ton, 6x6, Granbury, TX, 11 August 2005. Photo: Courtesy of Bob Pettit.
