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M19 Tank Transporter
The M19 Tank Transporter (US supply catalog designation G159) was a heavy tank transporter system used in World War II and into the 1950s. It consisted of a 12-ton 6x4 M20 Diamond T Model 980 truck and companion 12-wheel M9 trailer.
Over 5,000 were produced, and employed by Allied armies throughout all theaters of war. It was superseded in the U.S. military by the M25 Tank Transporter during the war, but usefully redeployed in other tasks. It was superseded by the Thornycroft Antar in British service by
M15 unknown
- M16 machine shop, GMC CCKW
- M17 unknown
- M18 electrical repair, GMC CCKW
- M19 Diamond T tank transporter
- M20 prime mover, 12-ton, Diamond T, (G159) – Diamond T tank transporter
- M21 unknown
- M22 lift, (G161)
- M23 Instrument bench, GMC CCKW
- M24 unknown
- M25 Tank Transporter, tank transporter/recovery vehicle, nicknamed "Dragon Wagon". M26 tractor + M15 trailer. Used from 1944–1945