Berna GMC AC 454, 4x4 | |
Origin: | United States Switzerland |
Is Vehicle: | yes |
Service: | 1940 - 1971 |
Used By: | United States, Switzerland and others |
Designer: | General Motors |
Manufacturer: | General Motors |
Production Date: | 1940 -? |
Variants: | Flatbed truck |
Weight: | 3700kg |
Length: | 7,21 m |
Width: | 2,20 m |
Height: | 3,10 m |
Crew: | 1+ 1Pax in cabin |
Engine: | Berna 6 Cylinder 4416 cm³ |
Engine Power: | 55Hp Wood gas / 83 Hp with Petrol |
Payload Capacity: | 2900 kg |
Suspension: | 2x4 wheeled |
Speed: | 66 km/h |
The GMC AC 454 is a truck model that the GMC manufactured from 1940 on.
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).