paulfarber

Well, they WERE RARE. I found a TO&E for a Regimental Truck platoon. Of the 17 or so trucks, only 4 M2-HBs were allocated. So I *ROUGH* estimate from an early 1943 TO&E for an Infantry Regiment would be 1 in 4.

Now a Divisional QM Company has many more tucks (like 30-40) but not a similar ratio of M2-HBs

Also, the VAST MAJORITY of CCKW were not attached to Divisions and were in QM companies. Operating from ports to depots. In 'secure' rear areas.

While the designated purpose was AAA, a convoy of any size would have embedded AAA. There are accounts of QM units shooting down enemy AC.

Of the 560,000+ CCKWs produced, I would put MG mounts of any kind at *maybe* 5%, or 28,000 trucks. Now, what was the total WWII production of M2? Since every tank, airplane, etc got an M2 you see that there were needed/used elsewhere.

They are neat to have... but accurate????

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