List of U.S. Signal Corps vehicles

This is a list of vehicles used by the U.S. Army Signal Corps from World War I through World War II.

An empty Lance wagon, possibly the K-2 used to carry "Lance" poles for telephone/telegraph wire

Designations

Vehicles specifically designed or adapted for the Signal Corps were initially designated by a "K" number. The K-number was later phased out along with the Signal Corps Radio nomenclature system, and was replaced by a "V" number under the Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS).

K numbers

V numbers

  • JETDS was adopted 16 February 1943

See also

Notes

References

  • TM 9-2800 Standard Military Motor Vehicles. dated 1 sept. 1943
  • TM 9-2800 Military vehicles dated October 1947
  • TM 11-227 Signal Communication Directory. dated 10 April 1944
  • TM 11-364 K-44-B Truck and earth borer equipment HD
  • TM 11-487 Electrical Communication systems Equipment. dated 2 October 1944
  • TM 11-487-C1 military standardization handbook dated 1965
  • T/O&E 44-16, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, Mobile, dated 17 November 1944
  • T/O&E 11-57, Armored Signal Company, dated 15 September 1943
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