Dodge M37
| Dodge M37 | |
|---|---|
M37 cargo truck | |
| Type | 3⁄4-ton 4x4 truck |
| Place of origin | Warren Truck Assembly, Michigan, United States |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1951 until varying per country |
| Wars | Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War Guatemalan Civil War |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Dodge |
| Produced | 1951–1968 |
| No. built | 115,838 – across: — M37: ~63,000 units (1951–1954) — M37B1: 47,600 units (from 1958) — M37CDN: 4,500 Canadian (1951–1955) |
| Specifications (with winch) | |
| Mass | 5,917 lb (2,684 kg) (empty) |
| Length | 15 ft 10 in (4.83 m) |
| Width | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Height | 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) |
| Engine | Dodge T-245 78 hp (58 kW) |
| Transmission | 4 speed X 2 range |
| Suspension | Live beam axles on leaf springs |
Operational range | 225 mi (362 km) |
| Maximum speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
The Dodge M37 was a 3⁄4-ton 4x4 truck developed for service in the United States military as a successor to the widely used Dodge-built WC Series introduced during World War II. Put into service in 1951, it served in a variety of configurations in frontline duty in the Korean War and Vietnam War before being replaced by two commercial off the shelf (COTS) based 1+1⁄4-ton trucks: the Kaiser M715 (introduced in 1967 and supplied through 1969) and the Dodge M880/M890 series (in the 1970s).
It bore the designation (G741), and after its military phase-out was both put into domestic Federal government agency use and auctioned to civilians in the U.S., and adopted by foreign militaries.