FWD MODEL B 3 ton and BL 8-inch HOWITZER Mk. VI - BRITISH ARMY 19147

Description

FWD Model B 3-ton Lorry – American truck of the World War I period, created by the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company in 1912. Like all machines of that time, it had quite a primitive design, but one particular innovation (the engine over the frame and the driver’s cabin shifted forward) revolutionised the automotive industry. The FWD Model B was widely used in World War I. Of the total of 17,555 built, the vast majority (14,473) went to the US Army, while another 3,000 were sold to Great Britain. Trucks of this type were widely used not only in their usual role, but as mobile repair shops, ammunition carriers and tractors for heavy artillery, such as the Vickers Mk.VI howitzer. (Scale : 1/72e)