Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6
The Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6 or White 666, was developed by the US Army Ordnance Corps between 1939 and 1941 as a prime mover for anti-aircraft artillery and produced from 1941 to 1945 at the automotive plants of the Brockway Motor Company, The Corbitt Company, The Four Wheel Drive Auto Company (FWD), Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation, and the White Motor Company. The Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, was superseded in the 1950s by the Truck, 5-ton, 6×6, M54.
Available Scale Model Kits
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, White 666 (soft cab), 1:35 Hobby Boss 83801
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, White 666 (hard cab), 1:35 Hobby Boss 83802
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:35 P.S.P. 35035
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:35 Real Model 35100
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:35 Wespe Models 35104
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:72 Wespe Models 72149
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, White 666, 1:76 Milicast US145
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:87 ROCO 191
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:87 Wespe Models 87126
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6, 1:285 GHQ Models US105
Technical Specifications
- Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6
- Engine: Hercules HXD, 151 kW
- Transmission: 3F1R, 2 gear ratios
- Maximum Speed: 60 km/h on roads
- Length: 7240 mm
- Width: 2440 mm
- Height: 3000 mm
- Wheelbase: short
- Weight: 9990 kg
- Payload: 5400 kg
- Armament: .50 cal. AA Machine Gun (optional)
- Crew: Commander, Driver, and Gun Crew
- Production: 1941–1945
Historical Employment
- US Army, 1941 to 1953
Due to Allied air supremacy in late World War II, the need to deploy heavy anti-aircraft guns on the battlefield was eliminated. Consequently, the demand for anti-aircraft prime movers was lower than anticipated. Furthermore, the M4 High-Speed Tractor, introduced in 1943, proved better suited for towing heavy artillery across rough terrain than the Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6x6, Corbitt/White. As a result, many of these 6-ton prime movers were converted into workshop trucks with house bodies and into tanker trucks.
The Truck, Prime Mover, 6-ton, 6×6, Corbitt 50SD6 or White 666 is a must-have for collectors, diorama builders and wargamers who want to raise US Army field artillery units.