Dodge M37

Dodge M37
M37 cargo truck
Type	3⁄4-ton 4x4 truck
Place of origin	Warren Truck Assembly, Michigan, United States
Service history
In service	1951 until varying per country
Wars	Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Guatemalan Civil War
Production history
Manufacturer	Dodge
Produced	1951–1968
No. built	115,838 – across: — M37: ~63,000 units (1951–1954) — M37B1: 47,600 units (from 1958) — M37CDN: 4,500 Canadian (1951–1955)
Specifications (with winch[1])
Mass	5,917 lb (2,684 kg) (empty)
Length	15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Width	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Height	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)
Engine	Dodge T-245 78 hp (58 kW)
Transmission	4 speed X 2 range
Suspension	Live beam axles on leaf springs
Operational range	225 mi (362 km)
Maximum speed	55 mph (89 km/h)

The Dodge M37 was a 3⁄4-ton 4x4 truck developed for service in the United States military as a successor to the widely used Dodge-built WC Series introduced during World War II. Put into service in 1951, it served in a variety of configurations in frontline duty in the Korean War and War in Vietnam before being replaced by two commercial off the shelf (COTS) based 1+1⁄4-ton trucks: the Kaiser M715 (introduced in 1967 and supplied through 1969) and the Dodge M880/M890 series (in the 1970s).

It bore the designation (G741), and after its military phase-out was both put into domestic Federal government agency use and auctioned to civilians in the U.S., and adopted by foreign militaries.