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The K-31 truck, a US Signal Corps designation for an Autocar U8144 truck with York-Hoover van body, was used as the power truck for the SCR-270, an early warning radar of World War II. The power it delivered to the radar came from a PE-74 generator.[1] 2) 3) 4) Similar vehicles were the K-30 and K-62 or K-62-A, all three operating trucks for the SCR-270. K-31 differed in cubic feet and overall height from K-30 and K-62.[1] The K-62 AND K-62A were the successors of both the K-30 and K-31. Note the difference in form of the wheel arch of the van body between the depicted vehicles that shows that there must have been successive models from York-Hoover. The third image in the gallery shows that the two panels at each side were folded up when the vehicles where operated, while the panels at the back where two halves that were folded up and down respectively.
| Autocar U8144 K30 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | 5- to 6-ton 4x4 Van |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Autocar Company |
| Produced | 1941–1945 |
| No. built | 607 |
| Variants | K30, K62 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 19,280 lb (8,750 kg) empty |
| Length | 300 inches (7.62 m) |
| Width | 98 inches (2.49 m) |
| Height | 130+1⁄2 inches (3.31 m) |
| Engine | Hercules RXC 112 hp (84 kW) |
| Transmission | 5 speed x 2 range trf. case |
| Suspension | Beam axles on leaf springs |
| Fuel capacity | 90 US gal (340 L) |
Operational range | 270 mi (430 km) cruising, loaded |
| Maximum speed | 45 mph (72 km/h) |
Gallery
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SCR-270-packed-300 -
Right side K-30 Operating truck, part of SCR-270 -
Operating truck K-30 and power truck K-31 as part of SCR-270
See also
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edit- ^ a b "TM-9-2800-1 Military Vehicles". US Dept. of the Army. 27 October 1947. p. 304. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- 2)FM 11-25
- 3)TM 11-1410
- 4)TM 11-1540
References
edit- TM 9-817
- TM 9-1817
- ORD 7 SNL G-511, 1949
- ORD 7 SNL G-511, 1952
- ORD 8 SNL G-511, 1952
- ORD 9 SNL G-511, 1945
- FM 11–25
- TM 11-1510
- TM 11-1410
- TM 9-2800, 1943
- Crismon, Fred W (2001). US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII Pub. p. 284. ISBN 0-970056-71-0.
- Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause Publications. pp. 171–173). ISBN 0-87349-508-X.
- "TM-9-2800-1 Military Vehicles". US Dept. of the Army. 27 October 1947. p. 304. Retrieved 1 January 2015.