World War II trucks, the load capacity, and how many people a truck could carry during World War II

The size of the truck is different, the larger truck at that time was 5 tons or 6 tons, the standard load is 5 tons to 6 tons, under normal circumstances, the truck is overloaded, the actual load is about 5 to 10 tons.

The countries are equipped with the most trucks to tons.

In terms of logistics, the amount of supplies that the troops of various countries can get depends on the specific situation; in the case of the US military, which has the most effective logistical support, Patton's Third Army has four corps under it, with a total of 12 divisions, and when he marches to Paris, Patton said that he will need 1,200 tons of fuel and 2,400 tons of ammunition a day, as well as tens of thousands of tons of clothing and building materials.

Generally speaking, a division needs 200 tons of ammunition per day, and fuel is not the same according to the number of armored troops and vehicles, and there are three armored divisions under the Third Army.

Due to the destruction of the railroads in France, and the large amount of supplies piled up on the Normandy stalls, which had to be sent to the front by car, in order to support the First and Third Armies, the United States concentrated more than 100 transport companies, each with 48 trucks, most of which were tonnage.

5 tons, capable of transporting a company of soldiers.

Take the 1940 Army Division Standard Formation as an example:

Infantry division: 17,900 man.

Panzer division: 13,300 people.

Motorized Rifle Division: 15,300 people.

Each person consumes kilograms of food per day, including 750 grams of bread.

Each infantry division consumes 22 tons of rations per day.

Then look at the trucks with heavy loads. Many trucks have different load capacities.

Germany has Opel Santon trucks.

There are also Klubo 6-wheeled military trucks.

Already Mercedes Benz trucks.

between tons and 5 tons.

The load of the truck is not dead, it is floating with the changes in road conditions and the environment, the load capacity on the flat and thick highway is definitely greater than the load on the rugged road, and the transportation volume of short-distance transportation in China is of course greater than the load capacity of cross-border long-distance transportation.

Here are the examples of Germany and the United States, which were participants in World War II.

Germany's main Opel lightning truck was put into production before the outbreak of the Great War in the 30s, and because it was still in peace, as a civilian model, the weight of the nuclear load was determined according to the nuclear load under normal conditions, that is, domestic short- and medium-distance transportation, good road conditions. Therefore, although the self-weight is only tons, 4 wheels and 2 wheel drives, and a single drive shaft, it has a nuclear load of 3 tons.

The United States CCKW truck is a military truck put into production in 1941 in response to the war, in order to adapt to the complex environment of the battlefield and long-distance transportation, CCKW truck 6 wheels and 6 wheel drive, double drive axle, stronger structure, thicker chassis. And in order to cope with the worst road conditions, only a small number of tons were set at the time of nuclear loading. However, if in better road conditions, there is no problem at all in transporting tons.

Looking at the model, taking the U.S. military as an example, the U.S. military has a variety of models such as a quarter-ton truck (Willis Jeep), a three-quarter-ton truck (Dodge mid-Jeep), and a ton truck (Dodge truck), and the weight marked in the model is the load.

251 1 half-track personnel carrier, crew configuration: 12 (including driver and commander) SD KFZ 6 half-track tractor, crew configuration: 12-15 SD KFZ 7 half-track armored personnel carrier, crew configuration:

12 SD KFZ 8 half-track tractors Crew: 11 SD KFZ 9 half-track tractors Crew: 10.

The SDKFZ 251 half-track can carry 12 infantry in a squad.

At that time, a train carried about 450 tons.

The Soviet Union used a gauge of 1520 mm, while the standard gauge was 1435 mm. The Soviet rails used 43 rails (43 kilograms per meter), which had a lower load capacity than the 50 kilogram rails in Europe.

During the Searchlight attack on Berlin, in just half an hour, the Soviets poured 10,000 rounds of 2,450 wagons of shells on the Germans.

450 tons * 2450 wagons = roughly 1.1 million tons.

Generally speaking, when the train is overloaded to 100, it is almost 3,000 people, which is a large group.

If you replace it with a stuffy tank ......It's almost a teacher, of course, it's more difficult to eat, drink, and Lazar.

In 1941, the German Panzer Division of the Eastern Front needed about 700 tons of supplies per day in the event of fierce fighting. Infantry divisions require up to 1,100 tons of supplies. Note that the early German divisions were much larger than in the later period, and the full strength rate was much higher.

According to the standard of the US military division at that time, it was basically 500 tons per day.

Train capacity: One train can carry up to 450 tons of supplies or 25 medium tanks (or up to 8 heavy tanks).Tanks can only be transported by land for long distances by rail.

Transportation by car fleet: in good road conditions, it is possible to advance 200 kilometers per day. Large car convoys can carry up to 60 tonnes of cargo at a time.

In the 30s, the Soviet Trans-Siberian Railway locomotives towed more than 1200 tons per car.

The transport capacity of the USSR was in fact somewhat higher than that of Germany.

Troop trains?

Is it a train or a car?

In the case of trains, the situation is good, a carriage is about a platoon, and in an emergency, a company will be plugged in.

zis-5v

ZIS-5 production time: 1942-1947. At first, it was designed and manufactured by the USSR and the United States in cooperation, replaced the first generation of trucks produced in the USSR, and became one of the most important trucks in the USSR in the 30-50s of the 20th century.

However, due to the lack of resources during World War II, the designers had to modify the ZIS-5, and the ZIS-5V was born, which can be used for trains, artillery tractors, and team transporters (about 25 soldiers). In the period 1933-1943, with good and reliable performance, it became one of the most widely used trucks in the Red Army. In addition, the ZIS-5 was the first Soviet truck to be exported, and was shipped to China, Iran and other Asian countries, as well as Spain.