Weapon
Berna GMC AC 454, 4x4 |
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Place of origin | USA Switzerland |
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In service | 1940 - 1971 |
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Used by | United States, Switzerland and others |
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Designer | General Motors |
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Manufacturer | General Motors |
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Produced | 1940 -? |
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Variants | Flatbed truck |
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Mass | 3700kg |
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Length | 7,21 m |
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Width | 2,20 m |
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Height | 3,10 m |
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Crew | 1+ 1Pax in cabin |
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Engine | Berna 6 Cylinder 4416 cm³ 55Hp Wood gas / 83 Hp with Petrol |
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Payload capacity | 2900 kg |
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Suspension | 2x4 wheeled |
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| 66 km/h |
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The GMC AC 454 is a truck model that the GMC manufactured from 1940 on.
Technical data and history
The GMC AC 454 is a military truck build by the General Motors Company in the USA. It was used in World War II.
The truck has a bridge construction. It has an onboard voltage of 12 volts. In the Swiss army the GMC AC 454 received the designation Lastw. Gl 3.5T 4x2 (off-road truck with 3.5t payload). The Swiss army used about 90 of these trucks.
In 1971 a few GMC AC 454 were rebuilt by Pius Lang from the "Military-Motorfahrer-Gesellschaft des Kantons Zug" with Wood gas generator. The Wood gas generators were mounted on civilian trucks during the Second World War. Such a rebuilt GMC AC 454 is now located in the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte (Zug depot of technical history).
Pictures
References
- Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte