M425 and 426 tractor truck

5-ton 4x2 tractor truck (C. O. E.)
M426 tractor truck
Type5-ton 4x2 semi-tractor
Place of originUnited States
Production history
DesignerInternational Harvester
ManufacturerInternational, Kenworth
Marmon-Herrington
Produced1944-1945
No. builtM425: 4,640
M426: 10,978
Specifications (M426[1])
Mass11,963 lb (5,426 kg) (empty)
Length16 feet 8 inches (5.08 m)
Width8 feet 2 inches (2.49 m)
Height8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m)

EngineIHC RD 450D
125 hp (93 kW)
Transmission5 speed
SuspensionBeam axles on leaf springs
Operational
range
240 mi (386.2 km)
Maximum speed 38 mph (61 km/h)

The M425 and M426 tractor trucks (G671) were 5 ton (4,536kg) load rated 4x2 semi-tractors that were used from 1944 on by the US Army. They are famous for the use on the Red Ball Express from Normandy to the front, but were also used in the China Burma India Theater. After the war they were used in Europe, including during the Berlin Crisis, and in the Korean War.

  1. ^ "TM 9-812 5 ton 4x2 Tractor Truck (C.O.E.)". US War Dept. Mar 1944. Retrieved 30 Aug 2015.