WWII trucks

[dansls1]

Main article: Tripartite Pact
The term was first used by Benito Mussolini, in November 1936, when he spoke of a Rome-Berlin axis arising out of the treaty of friendship signed between Italy and Germany on October 25, 1936. Mussolini declared that the two countries would form an "axis" around which the other states of Europe would revolve.

Again from wikipedia.

[SCEtoAUX]

Didn't Mussolini make a speech around the mid 1930's about countries with the same social, political, and economic interests forming an axis of collaboration? He was originally pertaining to Germany and Italy. It seems the term 'Axis' stuck. Later, Japan joined in.
It seems that it was mentioned on a History Channel program a while back.

edit: looks like Dan posted something right before me. :D

[Don Boose]

1. Any Kriegflieger trucks are okay with me, WWI or WWII, although I prefer U.S., British, and French vehicles.

2. I can't help weighing in on the "Allies" issue. While, as Kaz points out, it may have become customary since WWII to consider the term "Allies" as an exclusively WWII term, it was originally used during WWI. The United States wished to avoid being part of an alliance, and so with U.S. entry in the war, the Allies became known as the "Allied and Associated Powers." This Wikipedia article on the subject appears to be well-documented: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I

Note that in Pittsburgh, there is a "Boulevard of the Allies," which was built soon after WWI in honor of the Allies.
Don

[shrike]

Well it is difficult to get by with 'US' and 'Them', although that's the way history books often boil it down (with little or no mention of 'Those Guys Over There' or 'These Poor Bastards in the Middle')

I'd like to see an assortment of trucks and other support vehicles. It could make for a huge collection of models with little additional effort on the designer's part
Not only all of the variations on a given chassis within a given army, but bare cab/chassis combos were provided by all sides to their allies. (Bulgaria is one I have ref.s for; the bought any number of various weight chassis' from Germany, but built their own boxes and beds.

[archangel1]

There are plenty of softskins that, for some reason, have never been modelled in any medium. Many of them use the same chassis so, even if a manufacturer just did the basic vehicle, the aftermarket guys could take up the slack.
Here's my wishlist for both wars, in 1/72 or larger. I'm easy! :D

World War I

L.G.O.C. B Type - Lorry, Omnibus, Mobile Pigeon Loft, etc. (More than 1300 were used during the war)
Renault - Ambulance, Marne Taxi, etc.
Dennis 3-ton Lorry
Vauxhall D Type Staff Car
Dodge Ambulance
Ford Model T - Light Patrol Car, Ambulance
Crossley - Staff Car, Tender
F.W.D. - Lorry, Repair Truck
Minerva Armoured Car
Rolls-Royce Armoured Car (of course!)
Garford Armoured Car
PzKw Ehrhardt/15 or /17
Austin-Putilov Armoured Car
Fiat Armoured Car (Russia)
Ford Armoured Car, Admiralty Pattern
Austin Armoured Car, 1918 Pattern

World War II

AEC Matador - (This is the one that surprises me by its lack. There are so many variants built on its chassis that you could be busy for months! Other than the ancient Airfix kit, I don't think anybody's tackled it.)
L.R.D.G. Trucks - Chevy, etc.
Austin K2 Ambulance
Crossley Q
Bedford 15 cwt - GS, Mobile Tea Car
Bedford 3 ton - GS, Van, Water Carrier, Fire Tender, Mobile Canteen
Bedford 6 ton with Queen Mary aircraft transport trailer
Scammel 6x4 - Tank Transporter, Heavy Breakdown, Heavy Artillery Tractor
Austin K6
Austin K5
Diamond T - Tank Transporter, Van, Dumper
Phänomen Granit
Steyr
Mercedes Benz L4500

Think that's enough, Roman?

Cheers,
Mike

[kampfflieger]

Thanks, archangel1!

I have a lot of ideas! You could buy Austin and Izhorski-FIAT just now at my site

[Don Boose]

I like all of Mike's suggestions, but does anyone offer the good old GMC CCKW 352 2 1/2-ton truck (aka "Deuce" or "Jimmy")? If not, I think this one should be near the top of the WWII list. I'd especially love to see one in 1/48.

http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mi...ifications.htm

For WWI, my vote would be for the Liberty Truck

http://www.transchool.eustis.army.mi.../LIBTrucks.htm

Don

[Stev0]

fiddlers green has an assortment of ww2 trucks.

[Leif Ohlsson]

Don, I guess you've seen these, but here are two links:

http://www.cckw.org/ - all about the CCKW truck

and

http://www.o5m6.de/gmc_cckw352.html - some beautiful drawings

Leif

[Jim Nunn]

I’ll second Mike’s choices for true soft skin trucks.

I would like to add some Scout cars and I would love to see a complete series of models based on the M3/5 Half track.

M3A1 Scout car and its variants
M3A1E2
M3A1E3
M3A1 Command car
M8 (Greyhound) and variants
M20 Utility Vehicle
T69 (Quad 50 cal)
T18E2 Heavy scout car (a tank with wheels)
M3 Half Track and variants
M3A1/M5A1
M4A1
M15/M16
T12
T59

The M3 is one of the most versatile half tracks ever built they are still in use after 60 years by several major army's. I have read that the Israeli’s have hundred's of them parked in depot yards ready for use. Where I used to work I would often see a fully restored and equipped M16 drive down the street to a local watering hole, more impressive the driving a Ferrari around town.

Jim Nunn