The front cover of the G1 1930 Catalog. A table of contents and the start of the catalog table are visible.
front cover G1 1930

This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, — one of the alpha-numeric "Standard Nomenclature Lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall List of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a Supply Catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as part of the Ordnance Provision System, from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.

In this, the Group G series numbers were designated to represent "Tank / Automotive materiel" – the various military vehicles and directly related materiel. These designations represent vehicles, modules, parts, and catalogs for supply and repair purposes. There can be numerous volumes, changes, and updates under each designation. The Group G list itself is also included, being numbered G-1.

Generally, the G-series codes tended to group together "families" of vehicles that were similar in terms of their engine, transmission, drive train, and chassis, but have external differences. The body style and function of the vehicles within the same G-number may vary greatly.

Group G Scope

The July 1943 Ordnance Publications For Supply Index (OPSI); page 68) sums up in detail, the coverage of Group G as:

"Armored, half-track, and scout cars; gun, howitzer, and mortar motor carriages; cargo, mortar, personnel, half-track and universal carriers; armored amphibian, light, medium, and heavy tanks; light, medium, heavy, crane and amphibian/track-type tractors; wheeled tractors; armored, bomb, heavy-duty and tractor crane trailers; tank recovery and tank transporter trailer trucks, with their parts and equipment. Ordnance maintenance bomb service, emergency repair, machine shop and repair trucks, with their parts and equipment. Prime movers, passenger cars, fuel tank trucks, fuel and water tank trailers, and semitrailers; trucks, with stake, platform, dump, and special bodies; amphibian cargo and personnel trucks; motorcycles and side cars." [1]

No numbers in the G-400 to G-499 range were ever used.

G-1 to G-99

M1917 5 ton Tractor
G-7 M2 Light Tractor Caterpillar model 20
G-21 M1 Medium tractor Caterpillar Model 30
M1 Instrument trailer used with 3-inch antiaircraft gun
Cover of SNL G-27, section 2 – typical of updatable, loose-leaf[2] manuals, numbered by section or chapter, kept in a dedicated binder.
1931 GMC model T95 8-ton trucks towing 3-inch AA guns
G-36 Light tractor Cletrac model 20C
G-47 M1 Medium tractor Caterpillar Model 35
G-49 M1 Medium tractor Cletrac Model 35
GMC AFKX-352 1+1⁄2-3-Ton shop vans
T13 scout car
G-68 M2 Light tractor Cat Model R-2
G-69 M1 Medium tractor Cat Model RD-6
G-79 M2 Mortar Motor Carriage
G-85 M1 bomb service truck
G-87 M2 Halftrack Truck
G-96 M2 Light tractor Cletrac
14 ton trailer
G-99 M5 tractor crane IH

G-100 to G-199

G-101 M1 heavy tractor IH
G-108, M1 tractor crane IH
G-113, M2 Light Tractor IH T-6
M6/M12 trailer
G-126 M4 tractor crane Cat D-7
G-132 M3 tractor crane IH
G-137 M7 Medium tank IH
G-151 Caterpillar D4 Tractor, Crawler, Diesel
T14/M30 cargo carrier
T16 light tank

G-200 to G-299

M22 director trailer
T36 snow tractor

G-300 to G-399

Note, these are largely unused, or unknown.

G-400 to G-499

Never used

G-500 to G-599

G-510, Autocar, COE[nb 1]

G-600 to G-699

G-700 to G-799

G-800 to G-899

A Ford M656.

G-900 to end

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o (Cab Over Engine design)
  2. ^ The Chevrolet G-506, G-7000 numbers were also hyphenated, see the index page of their manual TM 10-1557
  3. ^ Included as G-740 non (standard) classified vehicle in Technical Manual TM9-2800-1 edition of 1953.[14]

Reference notes

  1. ^ Ordnance Publications For Supply Index 1943, p. 68.
  2. ^ This allows paper updates to consist of no more than the altered or added pages in a chapter or section, and an updated 'Contents' page for that section alone. No page numbers in any of the following chapters, nor their 'Contents' pages, would be affected. To update such a document, one only has to swap out and/or add the new pages, and discard any replaced pages.
  3. ^ TM 9-710: Basic Half-track Vehicles (White, Autocar, and Diamond T), 1944.pdf
  4. ^ The Sherman Register website
  5. ^ U.S. Ordnance Standard Nomenclature List – G-503 (Willys MB / Ford GPW)
  6. ^ a b c d e Ordnance Publications For Supply Index 1943, p. 120.
  7. ^ Group-G numbers list, p. 8.
  8. ^ Ordnance Publications For Supply Index 1943, p. 121.
  9. ^ a b c d Ordnance Publications For Supply Index (1943), p. 124, 125.
  10. ^ Ordnance Publications For Supply Index (1943), p. 126.
  11. ^ Summary Report of Acceptances, Tank–Automotive (1945), p. 104.
  12. ^ Autocar U-2044 / 4044 / 4144 / 5044 – Trucks Planet
  13. ^ Oldtimers gallery. Trucks. Autocar – Autogallery.org.ru
  14. ^ TM9-2800-1 manual (1953), p. 152.

References, general

External links

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