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Army trucks WWll... 'Good enough for gov't work' was actually better... [View all]
Army trucks WWll... 'Good enough for gov't work' was actually better...
That was actually a brilliant strategy. Standardized parts. Easily repairable. If you could drive / fix one, you could do the others. German mechanics and engineers developed an appreciation for the simplicity and versatility of our basic trucks. Theirs were overly complicated.
In WW1, our army had something like 25 brands of trucks. Parts and maintenance were a nightmare...
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