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Britain's Morris CS8 GS 15cwt truck1
Production
- Morris CS8 GS 15cwt1: over 21,0001
- Production: 1934 - 19411
Usage
Each of the British Expeditionary Force's armored regiments had 12 Morris CS8 GS trucks each.1
| Morris CS8 GS 15cwt truck1 | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 11 |
| Radio | |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 0.9 tons1 |
| Length | 15' 9"1 4.8 m1 |
| Height | 6' 1"1 1.85 m1 |
| Width | 5' 11"1 1.8 m1 |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Armament | |
| Main | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | |
| Bore / stroke | |
| Cooling | |
| Cylinders | 41 |
| Capacity | 213 ci1 3.5 liter1 |
| Net HP | |
| Power to weight ratio | |
| Compression ratio | |
| Transmission (Type) | |
| Steering | |
| Steering ratio | |
| Starter | |
| Electrical system | |
| Ignition | |
| Fuel (Type) | Gasoline1 |
| Octane | |
| Quantity | |
| Road consumption | |
| Cross country consumption | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | |
| Max speed | 47 mph1 75 kph1 |
| Cross country speed | |
| Road radius | 136 miles1 225 km1 |
| Cross country radius | |
| Turning radius | |
| Elevation limits | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical obstacle | |
| Climbing ability | |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side | |
| Wheels (Type) | |
| Width | |
| Diameter | |
| Tire tread | |
| Track centers/tread |
Sources:
- Western Allied Tanks 1939-45, David Porter, 2009
