Manufacturer: Brockway

Production Year: 1943

Engine: Hercules HXD, in-line, liquid-cooled, 202-hp, six-cylinder

Length: 31-feet, 2-inches

Width: 8-feet, 4-inches

Height: 9-feet, 2-inches

Weight: 19-1/4-tons (with payload)

Armor: None

Armament: NONE on this example - Could be fitted with a Browning M2 .50 caliber machine gun (typically, every fourth vehicle)

Maximum Road Speed: 35-mph

Maximum Payload: 6-tons

Wheelbase: 220-inches

Markings: US 1st Army, 300th Combat Engineers Battalion, Headquarters’ Company, 2nd Vehicle

The Brockway B666, 6-ton, 6x6 truck was preceded in production by nearly identical models produced by Corbitt and White beginning in 1941. All three manufacturers built their models to a common standardized military design. The most common models of the 6-ton, 6x6 trucks were cargo and prime movers (artillery tractors). Other production variants included firetrucks, tankers, crane carriers, shop vans and highly specialized bridge erectors (as displayed in photos) The mechanical components of the 6-ton, 6x6 trucks were so well designed that they remained virtually unchanged from their initial 1941 specifications until the end of the war. The only major change was to the cabs, which switched from the early civilian-type enclosed cab to the simplified open cab introduced in mid-1942. The Brockway B666 featured an all-steel body which carried bridging components including pontoons and steel tread plates. The bridging components were lifted and placed by a 4-ton hoist. The Brockway B666s assisted in the vital replacement of destroyed bridges, which played a major role in the Allied victory. Brockway produced 1,166 of the 3,075, 6-ton bridge erectors built during WWII.