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All I'm saying is that the Army is really slow to make changes so if M serries dumps were short wheel base the history is there that the CCKWs would have also been short wheelbased. Not long wheel based like your truck. The Army has always been a if it works don't fix it kind of thinking.

I'm not an expert on this, but I have been in the hobby for 28 years so IMHO only short wheel base trucks where made into dump trucks. Look at the M series the only dumps made in both 2.5 and 5 ton have been short wheel base. Therefore I would think that the same pattern was used before with...

I don't know but this picture from 1941 seems to tell me that they had close cab tippers in WWII. http://olive-drab.com/od_mvg_www_deuce_ww2_p2.php You may have to scroll a little bit for it.