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The XM8181 I drove was non turbo/naturally aspirated. It was definitely an odd ball truck. I prefer the M818s for off road use. I pulled a Baily Bridge trailer overloaded with repair parts for the motorpool and the truck could barely keep up with the convoy on the highway but pulled great off...

Either that or someone at the factory had a sense of humor when making the data plate. I do remember the year as being 1947, always thought that was very odd for a truck that old to still be in service. We had changed from a construction engineer bn to a combat engineer bn and had a lot of old...

I wish I had pictures of the truck and data plates. I drove it from 92-94 and the DOD was 1947 and made by Kaiser-Willy's. I don't remember the bumper number but I was in the Bn motorpool, HHC 40th Eng Bn in Baumholder Ge. I tried getting the truck moved to the division museum but the chain of...

I drove a 1947 XM818 while stationed in Germany (92-94) and it was governed at 55MPH. The truck did great off road (plenty of power in low) but didn't do so good on the Autobahn. The newer trucks (especially the A2 with turbo) are better for higher top speed and pulling hills.