The American Automobile Industry in World War Two
An American Auto Industry Heritage Tribute by David D Jackson

Overview      Lansing Michigan in World War Two   The U.S. Auto Industry at the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944    The U.S. Auto Industry and the B-29 Bomber   U.S. Auto Industry Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   The Complete listing of All Army-Navy "E" Award Winners   Sherman Tanks of the American Auto Industry   Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry    M26 Pershing Tanks of the American Auto Industry   M36 Tank Destroyers of the American Auto Industry   Serial Numbers for WWII Tanks built by the American Auto Industry   Surviving LCVP Landing Craft    WWII Landing Craft Hull Numbers   Airborne Extra-Light Jeep Photos  The American Auto Industry vs. the German V-1 in WWII   American Auto Industry-Built Anti-Aircraft Guns in WWII   VT Proximity Manufacturers of WWII   World War One Era Motor Vehicles   National Museum of Military Vehicles  
Revisions   Links

 Automobile and Body Manufacturers:  American Bantam Car Company   Briggs Manufacturing Company   Checker Car Company   Chrysler Corporation   Crosley Corporation   Ford Motor Car Company   General Motors Corporation   Graham-Paige Motors Corporation   Hudson
Motor Car Company   Murray Corporation of America   Nash-Kelvinator   Packard Motor Car Company      Studebaker    Willys-Overland Motors

General Motors Divisions:  AC Spark Plug   Aeroproducts   Allison   Brown-Lipe-Chapin   Buick   Cadillac   Chevrolet   Cleveland Diesel   Delco Appliance   Delco Products   Delco Radio   Delco-Remy   Detroit Diesel   Detroit Transmission   Electro-Motive   Fisher Body   Frigidaire   GM Proving Grounds   GM of Canada   GMC   GMI   Guide Lamp   Harrison Radiator   Hyatt Bearings   Inland   Moraine Products   New Departure   Oldsmobile   Packard Electric   Pontiac   Saginaw Malleable Iron   Saginaw Steering Gear   Southern California Division   Rochester Products   Ternstedt Manufacturing Division   United Motors Service   Vauxhall Motors

 Indiana Companies:  Bailey Products Corporation   Chrysler Kokomo Plant   Continental Steel Corporation  Converto Manufacturing    Cummins Engine Company   Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Company   Delta Electric Company   Durham Manufacturing Company   Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation   Haynes Stellite Company   Hercules Body Company   Horton Manufacturing Company   Howe Fire Apparatus   J.D. Adams Company   Kokomo Spring Company   Magnavox  
Muncie Gear Works   Pierce Governor Company   Portland Forge and Foundry   Reliance Manufacturing Company   Republic Aviation Corporation - Indiana Division   Ross Gear and Tool Company   S.F. Bowser & Co.   Sherrill Research Corporation   Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company   Warner Gear   Wayne Pump Company   Wayne Works

Commercial Truck and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers:  American LaFrance   Autocar  
Biederman Motors Corporation   Brockway Motor Company   Detroit General   Diamond T   Duplex Truck Company   Federal Motor Truck   Four Wheel Drive Auto Company(FWD)   International Harvester   John Bean   Mack Truck   Marmon-Herrington Company   Michigan Power Shovel Company   Oshkosh Motor Truck Corporation   Pacific Car and Foundry   "Quick-Way" Truck Shovel Company   Reo Motor Car Company  Seagrave Fire Apparatus   Sterling Motor Truck Company    Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation   White Motor Company

Aviation Companies:  Abrams Instrument Corporation   Hughes Aircraft Company   Kellett Aviation Corporation   Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Corporation   Naval Aircraft Factory   P-V Engineering Forum, Inc.    Rudolf Wurlitzer Company-DeKalb Division  Schweizer Aircraft Corporation   Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation   St. Louis Aircraft Corporation   Timm Aircraft Corporation

Other World War Two Manufacturers: 
Air King Products   Allis-Chalmers   American Car and Foundry   American Locomotive   American Stove Company   Annapolis Yacht Yard  
Andover Motors Company   B.F. Goodrich   Baker War Industries   Baldwin Locomotive Works   Blood Brothers Machine Company   Boyertown Auto Body Works   Briggs & Stratton   Caterpillar   Cheney Bigelow Wire Works   Centrifugal Fusing   Chris-Craft   Clark Equipment Company   Cleaver-Brooks Company   Cleveland Tractor Company   Continental Motors   Cushman Motor Works   Crocker-Wheeler   Dail Steel Products   Detroit Wax Paper Company   Detrola   Engineering & Research Corporation   Farrand Optical Company   Federal Telephone and Radio Corp.   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company   Fruehauf Trailer Company   Fuller Manufacturing   Galvin Manufacturing   Gemmer Manufacturing Company   General Railway Signal Company   Gibson Guitar   Gibson Refrigerator Company   Goodyear   Hall-Scott   Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company   Harley-Davidson   Harris-Seybold-Potter   Herreshoff Manufacturing Company   Higgins Industries    Highway Trailer   Hill Diesel Company   Holland Hitch Company   Homelite Company   Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation   Huffman Manufacturing   Indian Motorcycle   Ingersoll Steel and Disk   John Deere   Johnson Automatics Manufacturing Company   Kimberly-Clark   Kohler Company   Kold-Hold Company   Landers, Frary & Clark  Lima Locomotive Works   Lundberg Screw Products   MacKenzie Muffler Company   Massey-Harris   Matthews Company   McCord Radiator & Mfg. Company   Metal Mouldings Corporation   Miller Printing Machinery Company   Morse Instrument Company   Motor Products Corporation   Motor Wheel Corporation   National Cash Resgister Company   Novo Engine Company   O'Keefe & Merritt Company   Olofsson Tool and Die Company   Oneida Ltd   Otis Elevator   Owens Yacht   Pressed Steel Car Company   Queen City Manufacturing Company   R.G. LeTourneau   R.L. Drake Company   St. Clair Rubber Company   Samson United Corporation   Shakespeare Company   Sight Feed Generator Company   Simplex Manufacturing Company   Steel Products Engineering Company   St. Louis Car Company   Twin Disc Company   Victor Adding Machine Company   Vilter Manufacturing Company   Wells-Gardner   W.L. Maxson Corporation   W.W. Boes Company   Westfield Manufacturing Company   York-Hoover Body Company   Youngstown Steel Door Company  
   

Pacific Car and Foundry Company in World War Two
Renton, WA
1905-Current
Today as PACCAR

This page updated on 9-18-2023. 

In 1905, the Pacific Car and Foundry Company was founded as the Seattle Car Manufacturing Company.  Mr. William Pigott, Sr. founded the enterprise to manufacturing rail cars and logging equipment required in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.  Several years later Mr. Pigott's company merged with the Twohy Brothers located in Portland, OR.  The new name for the combined assets of the two companies was Pacific Car and Foundry Company.  The American Car and Foundry Company of Berwick, PA became the new owner in 1924, when Mr. Pigott decided to sell the company.

Interestingly enough, in 1934, his son Paul Pigott bought back the Pacific Car and Foundry operation from American Car and Foundry.  In 1945 Pacific Car and Foundry purchased the Kenworth Motor Truck Company of Seattle.  In 1972 the company renamed itself PACCAR.  Currently, the company also builds Peterbilt and DAF trucks along with Kenworth trucks.

 
The Pacific Car and Foundry Company Billings, MT M26 and M26A1 plant was awarded the Army-Navy "E" Award on March 22, 1945.

Pacific Car and Foundry Company World War Two Products:  Table 1 shows that Pacific Car and Foundry was awarded $100,965,000 in major contracts during World War Two.   $97,878,000, or 97% of the contracts, were awarded to the main Pacific Car and Foundry facility in Renton, WA.   The company employed 3,000 workers during World War Two.

Renton, WA Plant:  Pacific Car and Foundry is best known for the M4A1 Sherman tanks and M26 tank retriever "Dragon Wagons" built at this facility.  The $50,168,000 contract number 883-ORD-2557 resulted in the manufacture of 926 M4A1 Sherman tanks in 1942 and 1943.  These M4A1s were built at a unit cost of $54,177 each.

The 753 M26 and 329 M26A1 tank retrievers were built under contract 883-ORD-2749.  The value of this contract was $43,061,000 resulting in an average unit cost of $39,798 each.  M26 assembly was moved to Billings, MT in December 1943 in order to free up production space at Renton for the construction of B-29 wing spars.

The above two contracts combined were worth $93,229,000 or 95% of the total major contracts for this location.  Other contracts were for small naval craft, winches, busses, truck remanufacturing, and logging arches. 

The Renton facility was also a very important sub-contractor to the nearby Boeing Aircraft Company for wing spars for both the B-17 and B-29. Pacific Car and Foundry produced 3,000 B-17 and 1,034 B-29 wing spar sets for Boeing.  The nearby Boeing B-17 plant turned out 6,981 B-17s during World War Two.  This indicates that Pacific Car and Foundry provided 42% of the wing spars for these aircraft.

The Boeing B-29 plant in Renton, WA produced 908 B-29As during World War Two. This implies that all of the Renton-built B-29As were equipped with Pacific Car and Foundry wing spars.

The plant also cast M-4 Sherman gun shields and gun mounts for the war effort.

Billings, MT Plant:  This plant took over production of the M26 tank retriever in December 1943.  According to the March 18, 1945 edition of the "Billings Gazette," the first  tank retriever came off the Billings assembly line on December 22, 1943.  As noted above, production of the M26 series was moved from Renton, WA to Billings, MT in order to free up production space for B-29 spar production in Renton.

The plant also re-manufactured White 10-ton 6x4 GSLC trucks.  This was contract 42000-ORD-811 that was awarded to the Renton operation for $1,024,000 in December 1944.  The work was transferred to Billings, MT in order for Renton to focus on B-29 wing spars. 

There were up to 550 workers employed at the Billings, MT facility.

Table 1 - Pacific Car and Foundry Company's Major Contracts by Location  Table added 3-26-2023.
Location Total Contract Amount Percentage
Renton, WA $97,878,000 97%
Billings, MT $1,833,000 1.8%
Seattle, WA $1,254,000 1.2%
Total $100,965,000 100%

 

Table 2 - Pacific Car and Foundry Company's Major World War Two Contracts - Billings, MT  Table added 3-26-2023.
The information below comes from the "Alphabetical Listing of Major War Supply Contracts, June 1940 through September 1945."  This was published by the Civilian Production Administration, Industrial Statistics Division. 
Product - Customer Contract Number Contract Amount Contract Awarded Date Completion Date
Truck Tractors M26  - Army Ordnance 4200-ORD-842 $1,833,000 12-44 8-1945
Total   $1,833,000    

 

Table 3 - Pacific Car and Foundry Company's Major World War Two Contracts - Renton, WA  Table added 3-26-2023.
The information below comes from the "Alphabetical Listing of Major War Supply Contracts, June 1940 through September 1945."  This was published by the Civilian Production Administration, Industrial Statistics Division. 
Product - Customer Contract Numbers of Interest Contract Amount Contract Awarded Date Completion Date
District Craft  - Navy   $69,000 6-1941 6-1942
Small Craft - Navy   $120,000 6-1941 2-1942
Machinery Road - Treasury   $986,000 9-1941 9-1943
Medium Tanks M4 - Army Ordnance 883-ORD-2557 $50,168,000 12-1941 11-1943
Services - Navy   $80,000 4-1942 7-1942
Winches - Army Corps of Engineers   $82,000 7-1942 9-1942
Winches - Army Corps of Engineers   $167,000 7-1942 12-1942
Busses  - Navy   $165,000 9-1942 11-1942
Tractors T25 - Army Ordnance 883-ORD-2749 $43,061,000 2-1943 10-1946
Cargo Winches - Army Corps of Engineers   $76,000 7-1943 12-1943
Tanks M28 - Army Ordnance   $1,128,000 7-1944 9-1945
Truck Remanufacturing - Army Ordnance 42000-ORD-811 $1,024,000 12-1944 6-1945
Logging Arches - Army Corps of Engineers   $752,000 3-1945 6-1946
Total   $97,878,000    

 

Table 4 - Pacific Car and Foundry Company's Major World War Two Contracts - Seattle, WA  Table added 3-26-2023.
The information below comes from the "Alphabetical Listing of Major War Supply Contracts, June 1940 through September 1945."  This was published by the Civilian Production Administration, Industrial Statistics Division. 
Product - Customer Contract Amount Contract Awarded Date Completion Date
Steel Structural - Navy $138,000 8-1940 1-1941
Lighter - Navy $172,000 3-1942 7-1942
Steel Crane Barges - Army $793,000 12-1942 12-1944
Ship Rudder Stock - Maritime Commission $51,000 5-1944 1-1945
Total $1,254,000    

 

 Table 5 - Pacific Car and Foundry Company Vehicles Accepted by Detroit Ordnance, US Army
The information below comes from "Summary Report of Acceptances, Tank-Automotive Material, 1940-1945"
Published by Army Services Forces, Office, Chief of Ordnance-Detroit, Production Division, Requirements and Progress Branch
January 21, 1946.
Type Contract Number 1942 1943 1944 1945 Total
Truck-Tractor, M26 (Renton, WA) 883-ORD-2749   300 453   753
             
Truck-Tractor, M26A1 (Renton, WA) 883-ORD-2749     275 54 329
Truck-Tractor, M26A1 (Billings, MT) 4200-ORD-842       290 290
Total M26A1       275 344 619
             
Tank, Medium, M4A1, 75mm (Renton, WA) 883-ORD-2557D 266 660     926
Total Vehicles   266 960 728 344 2,298

Author's Note and Disclaimer:  The Detroit Office of Ordnance of the U.S. Army was the primary purchasing entity for vehicles for the U.S. Army during Wor.  It also purchased vehicles for the USMC, US Navy, and for Lend-Lease.  However, there were other organizations that also purchased vehicles including the Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Air Force, U.S. Army Signal Corps, Navy Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and foreign countries making direct purchases.

B-17 and B-29 Wing Spars:  Pacific Car and Foundry is best known for its production of the M26 series tank retriever.  However, it is not recognized for its contribution to the success of B-17s and B-29As built by Boeing in the Seattle, WA area.  The company did this by manufacturing wing spars for these important aircraft.


It could very well be that one of the 3,000 sets of B-17 wings spars built by the Pacific Car and Foundry are in the B-17F Memphis Belle on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Riverside, OH.  The Seattle, WA Boeing B-17 plant was six miles away from the Pacific Car and Foundry facility in Renton.  Author's photo.


This photo shows the Memphis Bell undergoing restoration in 2014.  Author's photo.


The fore and aft wing spars of the Memphis Belle are constructed of tubing riveted together with brackets.  Author's photo.


The Vega-built B-17G "Champaign Lady" is undergoing total restoration at the Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, OH.  Author's photo.


The wings for the "Champaign Lady" are being built from scratch by museum volunteers.  This view of one of the wings under construction shows the details of the spar construction.  Author's photo.


 Author's photo.


The B-17 spars are of a triangular truss design for maximum strength.  Author's photo.


The B-29A "Fifi" was built in Renton, WA by Boeing.  The wing spars for "Fifi" were built a mile away at the Pacific Car and Foundry plant.  Eighty years after she was built, the Pacific Car and Foundry-built wing spars allow "Fifi" to perform photo passes for spectators at airshows around the United States.  Author's photo.

Truck Rebuilding:


The Billings, MT operation remanufactured White 10-ton 6x4 GSLC trucks at the end of World War Two.


The only remaining of the two Super Heavy T28 Tanks built by Pacific Car and Foundry is located at Fort Benning, GA, and is part of the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Museum Collection.  Work started on this unit in March 1945, and in August the welding of the hull was completed.  By the time the tank was completed, the war was over, and the need for its use had passed.  Two T28s were completed and tested by the U.S. Army through 1947.  With a 105mm main gun, the T28 was intended for destroying heavy duty bunkers and fortifications in the invasion of Japan.  It was classified as a Super Heavy Tank because it weighed 95 tons, three times the weight of a M4 Sherman and twice the weight of the M26 Pershing.  Author's photo added 10-22-2018.

M26 and M26MA1 Tractor (Dragon Wagon):  The M26 and M26A1 tractor was Pacific Car and Foundry's World War Two signature product. NASA even used at least one, and possibly more, in the 1960-70s to move Saturn rocket boosters.


NASA built Saturn rockets at its Michoud facility in New Orleans.  A Pacific Car and Foundry M26A1 was used to pull the completed unit to a barge on the Mississippi River.  From there the rocket units moved by water to the Kennedy Space Center where a M26A1 tractor would then move it from the barge to the assembly building.  It is unknown whether NASA had an M26A1 at each location, or one tractor traveled with the rocket stages and moved them at both locations.


This photo at the Kennedy Space Center shows a Pacific Car and Foundry M26A1 after moving Apollo 8's Saturn S-1C stage rocket.  All 670,000 lbs of it!  .

The first seven M26s were accepted by the U.S. military in May 1943.  Another 21 were accepted in June with an average of 45 units being built the remainder of 1943.  The first 275 tractors were built at the Pacific Car and Foundry plant in Renton, WA.  The last 25 units of 1943 and the remainder of the production of M26/M26A1s were produced at the Midland Empire County Fairgrounds in Billings, MT.  This was due to the Seattle area being designated a critical labor area, and the tractors did not have sufficient priority to be built there.  Aircraft production and shipbuilding had higher priorities than Tank Transporter Tractors.  What is interesting is that the Pacific Car and Foundry's Billings, MT operation won the Army-Navy "E" award while the company's home plant didnot. 

Serial and Registration Number for the Pacific Car and Foundry M26 and M26A1 Tank Transporter Tractors
Type Number of  Vehicles Serial Numbers USA Registration Numbers Contract Number P.O.
M26 300 1-300 536500-536799 883-ORD-2749 4419
M26 80 302-381 545562-545641 883-ORD-2749 T-7144
M26 295 382-676 547825-548119 883-ORD-2749 T-8460
M26 78 677-753 597971-598048 04-200-96 T-10931
Total M26 753        
M26A1 327 754-1083 598049-598377 04-200-96 T-10931
M26A1 79 1084-1162 5122321-5122399 4200-ORD-842 T-14138
M26A1 133 1163-1295 5123321-5123453 4200-ORD-842 T-14138
M26A1 80 1296-1373 5136071-5136150 4200-ORD-842 T-14138
Total M26A1

619

       
Grand Total 1,372        
           
Unused 920 1374-2295 5136150-5137070 4200-ORD-842

T-14138


M26 Photos:  


This Pacific Car and Foundry-built M26 is part of the excellent collection of vehicles at the World War Two American Experience in Gettysburg, PA.  The photos were taken in the early autumn afternoon sunlight.  Author's photo added 2-26-2023. 


Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


This vehicle is awaiting some restoration.  At a minimum, it requires the drive chains for the rear wheels.  Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


The absence of the drive chain on the right rear wheels is obvious.  Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


This M26 is part of the large collection of military vehicles at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, WY.  Author's photo added 9-18-2023.


Author's photo added 9-18-2023.

M26A1 Photos:


The World War Two American Experience also has this M26A1 on display in its display hall.  Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


The World War Two American Experience also has this M26A1 with M15 semi-trailer that had been moved outside for a special event.  Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


The Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, VA has the only M26A1 on display with a Sherman tank on the M15 semi-trailer.  This is the size tank the vehicle was designed to pull on its Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


This is a Fisher Body-built M4A3(75)VVSS that was built in August 1944.  Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


Author's photo added 2-26-2023.


This is the unarmored M26A1, of which about 663 of were made.  Production was split almost evenly between the armored M26 and unarmored M26A1 versions.  Although Pacific Car and Foundry was based in Renton, WA, this example here was no doubt built in Billings, MT. 


This was seen at the 2013 MVPA Rally at the Ropkey Armor Museum in September of 2013.   Luckily, I was able to see and hear it drive around the grounds several times over that weekend.


The rear wheels are driven by chains driving off of the rear axle.


The next time I saw this M26A1 it was at the Military Show in Findlay, OH in May 2019.  I was able to do a walk-around of vehicle.  Author's photo added 2-16-2020.


Author's photo added 2-16-2020.


Author's photo added 2-16-2020.


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On display at the Museum of American Armor in New Bethpage, Long Island, NY is this M25 tank transporter, which consists of a M26A1 tractor and a M15A2 semi-trailer.  The tractor was built by Pacific Car and Foundry, and the trailer by Fruehauf Trailer Company.  Author's photo added 6-11-2018.


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The National Museum of Military Vehicles also has two M26A1s on outside display along the Wind River in Dubois, WY.  Author's photo added 9-18-2023. 


Author's photo added 9-18-2023.


Author's photo added 9-18-2023.


This photo from the Second World War shows a Pacific Car and Foundry M26 hooking up to an M4 Sherman tank.  It would appear this is a staged event because if there was incoming artillery fire as shown the soldiers would not be standing outside their vehicles.  But it is a great photo of the M26.

Pacific Car and Foundry M4A1 Medium Tank Photos and Information:

Pacific Car and Foundry M4A1(75) Sherman Tank Production
Date  Monthly Production  Serial Number USA Registration Numbers
5-1942 1 3005 3060572
6-1942 7 3006-3011 3060573-3060579
7-1942 2 3012-3013 3060580-3060581
8-1942 24 3014-3037 3060582-3060605
9-1942 30 3038-3067 3060606-3060635
10-1942 51 3068-3118 3060636-3060686
11-1942 50 3119-3168 3060687-3060736
12-1942 101 3169-3269 3060737-3060837
1-1943 38 3270-3307 3060838-3060875
2-1943 92 3308-3399 3060876-3060967
3-1943 86 3400-3485 3060968-3061053
4-1943 72 3486-3557 3061054-3061125
5-1943 72 3558-3629 3061126-3061197
6-1943 70 3630-3699 3061198-3061267
7-1943 77 3700-3776 3061268-3061344
8-1943 70 3777-3847 3061345-3061414
9-1943 40 3848-3887 3061415-3061454
10-1943 30 3888-3917 3061455-3061484
11-1943 13 3918-3930 3061485- 3061497
Total 926    


Pacific Car and Foundry built 926 M4A1(75) VVSS Sherman tanks like this one on display at the Fort Leonard Wood, MO Museum outside tank park.  It is the only one in the United States, and one of six remaining in the world.  Production of the M4A1 started in May 1942 and finished in November 1943.  Author's photo added 6-11-2018.


Author's photo added 6-11-2018.


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Author's photo added 6-11-2018.


Author's photo added 6-11-2018.  The USA number 16151945 is incorrect.  For Pacific Car and Foundry the USA Registration numbers ran from 3060572 through 3061497. 

The Pacific Car and Foundry Plant:


This photo shows the Pacific Car and Foundry plant during the World War Two era.  The road in front of the facility is North 4th Street in Renton, WA.  Note the main entrance road that goes into the plant complex in the left portion of the photo.  Part of this entrance road still exists, but the buildings have been razed.  Image added 2-26-2023.


This Google Satellite Map view shows that the facility has expanded to the north with many new additions and the Kenworth truck plant.  The original location of the buildings is now occupied by the Paccar Parts Center and the open field to the west of it.  Image added 2-26-2023.


The former main entrance to the World War Two factory complex from N 4th Street can be seen in this image.  Image added 2-26-2023.


Pacific Car and Foundry was an important supplier of wing spars for both the B-17 and the B-29 aircraft.  This image shows that the Boeing Renton Plant 4-21 is only a mile northwest of the original Pacific Car and Foundry plant location.  Upon their completion, the Renton-built B-29s that were built in this location were flown out from the Renton Municipal Airport.  Image added 2-26-2023.

Post-World War Two:


Pacific Car and Foundry built M55 8 -inch self-propelled howitzers in the 1950s.  This one is on display at the AAF Tank Museum in Danville, VA.   Author's Photo added 12-22-2015.


 Author's Photo added 12-22-2015.


Pacific Car and Foundry also built 1,078 M110 203mm / 8-inch self-propelled howitzers in the 1950s.  This one is on display at the Russell Armor Museum in Zion, IL.   Author's Photo added 11-16-2017.
 

 

 

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