List of the United States military vehicles by supply catalog designation explained

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 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."

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

G-1 to G-99

G-100 to G-199

G-200 to G-299

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-600 to G-699

G-700 to G-799

G-800 to G-899

G-900 to end

See also

References, general

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/wwIItms/TM9_710_1944.pdf TM 9-710: Basic Half-track Vehicles (White, Autocar, and Diamond T), 1944.pdf
  2. Web site: The Sherman Register website . 6 November 2008 . 26 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126134533/http://web.inter.nl.net/users/spoelstra/g104/ . dead .
  3. (Cab Over Engine design)
  4. https://archive.org/stream/SnlG-503StandardNomenclatureListWillysMbFordGpw/MbGpw-Parts#page/n0/mode/2up U.S. Ordnance Standard Nomenclature List – G-503 (Willys MB / Ford GPW)
  5. The Chevrolet G-506, G-7000 numbers were also hyphenated, see the index page of their manual TM 10-1557
  6. https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1922 Autocar U-2044 / 4044 / 4144 / 5044 – Trucks Planet
  7. http://www.autogallery.org.ru/autocar.htm Oldtimers gallery. Trucks. Autocar – Autogallery.org.ru