page_title: M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: M35 series 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck / Operational history
caption_attribution_description: English: US Army vehicles in the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey. Nederlands: US Army legervoertuigen in de Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey.
context_page_description: The M35 2½-ton cargo truck is a long-lived 2½-ton 6x6 cargo truck initially used by the United States Army and subsequently utilized by many nations around the world. Over time it evolved into a family of specialized vehicles. It inherited the nickname "Deuce and a Half" from an older 2½-ton truck, the World War II GMC CCKW.
  The M35 started as a 1949 REO Motor Car Company design for a 2½-ton 6x6 off-road truck. This original 6-wheel M34 version with a single wheel tandem was quickly superseded by the 10-wheel M35 design with a dual tandem. The basic M35 cargo truck is rated to carry 5,000 pounds off-road or 10,000 pounds on roads. Trucks in this weight class are considered medium duty by the military and the Department of Transportation.
context_section_description: The M35 family was introduced in 1950 to replace the GMC CCKW and M135 family cargo trucks that constituted the backbone of U.S. military transport since their introduction in World War II.  The M35 would not completely replace the M135 family until the middle of the 1960s.  However, the M35 would quickly become the dominant truck in its class in the U.S. military, serving with all the services in various capacities. For a short period the M35 was called "The Eager Beaver" by the U.S. Army due to its fording ability.  But the name was never popular and forgotten in a few years.
  The M35 series was to be replaced by the Light Medium Tactical Vehicle.  However, many United States National Guard and Reserve units continued to use them as the new family of vehicles was phased in.  The M35 series was used by the United States in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.   M35 series vehicles were known to be in use by National Guard units as late as the mid-2000s.
  In order to replace the vintage fleet of 1950s era M135 the Canadian Army adopted license built versions of the M35 (and M36 variant) in 1982, built in Canada by Bombardier.  As of 2019, the trucks, designated MLVW (Medium Logistics Vehicle, Wheeled) were still in service.  Canadian vehicles featured an automatic transmission, six wheels instead of ten (using single wheels on the tandem rear axles instead of dual wheels), and an ether-start for winter operations.  Canada had been investigating a replacement under the Medium Support Vehicle System Project, and a vehicle has been selected.  The MLVW's were initially not deployed with Canadian Forces in Afghanistan because of their lack of armor protection.  An armor kit was subsequently developed leading to a limited deployment of the vehicles.
caption: M211 is to the right of M35
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