Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 M-880 CUCV
The M880 series trucks procured from Dodge in 1976 and 1977. They were equipped with a 150bhp@4000rpm Chrysler 318 V8 gasoline engine, automatic transmission, disk-front/drum-rear brakes, and a 12/24 volt electrical system. They were intended to replace the M37 Cargo Trucks and the M715 Cargo Trucks and related variants.
Variants of the M-880 included;
- M-880 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4
- M-881 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 w/60-Amp Kit
- M-882 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 w/60-Amp and Communications Kit
- M-883 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 w/60-Amp and Communications Shelter Tie-Down Kit
- M-884 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 w/100-Amp and Communications Shelter Tie-Down Kit
- M-885 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 w/Communications Shelter Tie-Down Kit
- M-886 Truck, Ambulance, 1-1/4 Ton, 4x4
- M-887 Truck, Contact Maintenance, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4
- M-888 Truck, Maintenance, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 Tactical Telephone
Manuals for the M880 series trucks will be numbered TM9-2320-266-xx where the xx represents the maintenance level.
M-882 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 w/60-Amp and Communications Kit. Photo: Courtesy of Brian Redick. Thanks to Bart Schiks for correcting error in weight class.
M-880 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 crossing stream at Venado Beach, Army Tropic Test Center, Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, August 1984.
9th Infantry Div. Communications shelter equipped M-880 series truck on the deck of the rapid-response vehicle cargo ship USNS Regulus (T-AKR-292), Tacoma, WA, 16 February 1988.
M-888 Truck, Maintenance, 1 1/4 ton, 4x4 Tactical Telephone. From TM 43-0001-31 (June 1985), page 4-61.
