{"product_id":"icm-1-35th-scale-g7107-wwii-us-army-truck","title":"ICM 1\/35th scale G7107 WWII US Army Truck","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe G506 was a United States Army Ordnance Corps supply catalog designation for the 1+1⁄2-ton, 4X4, truck chassis built in large numbers by the Chevrolet Motor Division of GM. Their official model numbers were initially the \"G4100\", and later the \"G7100\" series.[1] They became standard 1+1⁄2-ton 4x4 trucks for the US Army and Army Air Corps during World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, the US military purchased a total of 167,373 four by four 11⁄2-ton trucks, and Chevrolet supplied the great majority of them. According to the 1946 revision of the U.S. military's Summary Report of Acceptances, Tank-Automotive Materiel, Dodge (Fargo) – the initial standard supplier of U.S. 1+1⁄2-ton 4x4 trucks – contributed 6,762 VF model, G-621 series trucks in 1940;[4] and Ford (Marmon-Herrington) and Diamond T supplied another 6,271 and 136 units respectively, leaving 154,204 Chevrolet trucks.[6]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, some 47,700 of the G7107 and G7117 model trucks were shipped to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program. The Soviet Red Army's logistics\/transport capabilities improved dramatically in the spring and summer of 1943 largely as a result of the steady supply of American-made trucks (such as Studebaker US6s and the Chevrolet G506s) for the USSR.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58069977268606,"sku":"MMMS-THC-ICM35593","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/4603\/7306\/files\/1325852-10244-32-1080.jpg?v=1790017919","url":"https:\/\/www.mannsmodelmoments.com\/products\/icm-1-35th-scale-g7107-wwii-us-army-truck","provider":"Mann's Model Moments","version":"1.0","type":"link"}