I wondered what the different sizes of cargo trucks were used to transport typically, such as 2.5 or 5 ton trucks.

The question is inspired by seeing an old Beetle Bailey comic about how a bunch of men are squished into a single truck, but I wondered what the different sizes of cargo trucks were used to transport typically, such as 2.5 or 5 ton trucks.

After basic training I never had to ride in a cattle car again, but I did get to drive them. When I'd pull up in one you could hear the rest of the unit start praying and I'd start grinning like a demented mad man.

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After basic training I never had to ride in a cattle car again, but I did get to drive them. When I'd pull up in one you could hear the rest of the unit start praying and I'd start grinning like a demented mad man.

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....."Praying"? Really? More like cursing where I was! I used to pass them on the road here at Fort Lewis, or at Fort Knox or Benning, Leonard Wood or McClellan (the only other Stateside installations I've been assigned to), and think about those poor souls riding in the back and saying to myself "I'm glad to be beyond those days"! I don't recall seeing any overseas where I spent half my career, but I suppose they were there too.
VR, Russ

My last memory of a cattle truck was pushing troops at Ft. Sill in 2001.Recruits would sometimes go through a zero week, or even two, waiting for enough to form a new BCT class. Drill Sergeants were very friendly toward them, and acted pretty much like baby sitters while the recruits shot pool and played video games. I think it added to the shock value on the fateful day they were loaded on to the cattle trucks and driven "across the tracks" to the starship area where they were greeted by far less humorous Drill Sergeant such as myself.
As bad as they thought it was they were lucky not to have been at Harmony Church.

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After basic training I never had to ride in a cattle car again, but I did get to drive them. When I'd pull up in one you could hear the rest of the unit start praying and I'd start grinning like a demented mad man.

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....."Praying"? Really? More like cursing where I was! I used to pass them on the road here at Fort Lewis, or at Fort Knox or Benning, Leonard Wood or McClellan (the only other Stateside installations I've been assigned to), and think about those poor souls riding in the back and saying to myself "I'm glad to be beyond those days"! I don't recall seeing any overseas where I spent half my career, but I suppose they were there too.
VR, Russ

An armor company had four 2 1/2 ton trucks. Supply with cargo trailer, mess with water trailer and two for maintenance each with a cargo trailer.

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After basic training I never had to ride in a cattle car again, but I did get to drive them. When I'd pull up in one you could hear the rest of the unit start praying and I'd start grinning like a demented mad man.

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....."Praying"? Really? More like cursing where I was! I used to pass them on the road here at Fort Lewis, or at Fort Knox or Benning, Leonard Wood or McClellan (the only other Stateside installations I've been assigned to), and think about those poor souls riding in the back and saying to myself "I'm glad to be beyond those days"! I don't recall seeing any overseas where I spent half my career, but I suppose they were there too.
VR, Russ

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The cattle cars were never used overseas. In Germany we used OD green painted USAEUR registered Mercedes Benz 22 or 44 pax busses, or contract charter busses.