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The US auto industry in WWII Overview.
See and additions Updates page for my new and revised information as it is added This page last updated 27/11/2016.
There is no greater testimony to the contribution of the automotive industry in the United States to help win World War II that Fisher Body Grand Blanc Tank Arsenal built M4A3 Sherman Tank combat veteran, set in the downtown Bastogne, Belgium has been eliminated out of action during one of the most famous battles of the Second World war, the battle of the Bulge, December 30, 1944 was fighting the B Company, 41th tank battalion, 11th Armored division when he was knocked out near Renuamont, Belgium he was appointed by his crew Barracuda it is located at the intersection of several roads to Bastogne that has made the city an important military objective during the battle the city been completely rebuilt since the war of German artillery fire virtually leveled the city to try to chase the American soldiers who defend the tank was exposed since 1948 Author of the picture.
The purpose of this site is to bring together in one place the US auto industry produced during World War II What were the products, the company that makes the product numbers and production sites At the beginning of the Second World war II, there were twelve car manufacturers left in the US, down from the hundreds that had been automatic start producing in the 20th century All twelve are included in this site.
Although there are many historical sources on the automotive industry in the United States in World War II, most focus on the big three Detroit centric and are not only the other nine automakers of time covered so overall this site, but all GM divisions of time are also included General Motors had five cars Flint Buick divisions, MI Cadillac Detroit, MI, Chevrolet Flint, MI and other locations, Oldsmobile Lansing, MI, and Pontiac Pontiac, MI GMC truck division was located in Pontiac, MI Fisher body Division of GMC headquartered in Detroit, but had several plants where each car assembly plants were General Motors had a host of components divisions located in cities like Anderson, Dayton, OH Flint, MI, and Rochester, NY These plants produced items such as starters, batteries, radios, heaters, spark plugs, and steering wheels Chevrolet and Fisher Body each had more than a dozen plants, and each one was as big or bigger than Ford at the time, and larger than Chrysler.
The format of each automaker, GM division, truck manufacturer and automotive supplier includes a brief history of the company, followed by a list of items produced during the war, with production numbers, if available photos contemporary products are used mostly instead of historical photos.
The US auto industry produced 20 of the total production of US manufactured equipment to fight World War II, the total value of goods produced by the US auto industry in the war effort has exceeded 29 billion GM produced 12 billion or 41 that output and 8 of all Ford US war economy industry came second with 3 9 billion and Chrysler was right behind with 3 to 5 billions in war contracts Willys- Overland was 7 34 million for the nineteen projects of war he had While automakers were the logical manufacturers of trucks, armored cars, jeeps and tanks, the product range was expanded and many built elements were new to the industry Ford and General Motors both together warplanes built to the conflict, and many aircraft components were produced by the in dustry.
Here are some of the documents produced by the automotive industry during World War Some are easily associated with the industry, while others are completely unassociated with what industry generally occurs at that time.
The US industry auto product all hunters tracked tanks during World War Three larger as seen in the Virginia Museum of Military Vehicles in Nokesville, VA On the left is a Fisher Body Grand Blanc, MI produces the M10 Wolverine center is a M18 Hellcat built in Flint, MI with GM's Buick Motor car Division in the end is a M36 This originally was built as Wolverine M10A1 each Highland Park Ford s, MI or large factory White Fisher Body, arsenal MI reservoir It was then transformed into M36 which replaced the 3-inch main gun with a cannon more powerful 90mm Author photo.
The nose section of the B-29 Enola Gay It's one of the most famous or infamous aircraft of all time, the first bomber to drop a nuclear weapon The B-29 is not a weapon WWII that one would normally associate with the US auto industry's long nose section eighteen feet from the fuselage, named Enola Gay painted on it was built by Chrysler DeSoto Division in Detroit, MI Top photo.
With the exception of the central section of the wing, all the other main wings, fuselage and control surface sections were built by the US automotive industry These companies were Briggs, Chrysler, Firestone, Hudson Goodrich, Goodyear and Libby-Owens-Ford several Fisher Body division, and seventeen components division of GM, Dodge supplied components supplied the engines for the complete story, please see the dedicated page B-29 above picture of the author.
This missile Loon cruise JB-2 is another weapon is not associated with the automotive industry of the United States Willys-Overland, best known for its production of jeeps during World War II, built the first cruise missile of America in Toledo, OH signing of Republic Aviation the engine was built by the car company Ford motor JB-2 was a reverse engineered copy of the German V-1 Buzz Bomb it was designed for use by the US navy during the invasion of Japan Author photo.
Pontiac Motor Car Division built aerial torpedoes launched its Pontiac facility, factory Pontiac MI 11, which manufactured torpedoes, was the first US automaker to receive the award from the Navy in January 1942 E Author photo .
Here is another generally identifiable rare product with the US auto industry This is an anti-aircraft radar SCR-584 Chrysler produced 2,098 antenna supports radar and satellite dishes; then install them in the tone of ten Freufauf The built trailer mount radar antenna stowed inside the trailer to travel He fell down to where the table and model are located Note have slack in the cables on the wall, to allow the through movement of the antenna unit This photo was taken at the National Museum Electronics in the Baltimore area, MD, who has a history of the former Westinghouse Electronics Division now Northrop Grumman located in the area Westinghouse installed electronics in the trailer after receiving it from the photo Author Chrysler added 07.10.2016.
When World War II ended, Nash-Kelvinator had built more helicopters that the US aviation industry Sikorsky He built the most advanced design of a helicopter war, R-6A Hoverfly II, which can be seen at the National Museum US Air Force in Dayton, OH Photo of the author.
Graham-Paige built LVT-1 s, as it appears in the main hall of the National Museum of USMC Quantico, VA This diorama represents the LVT-1 passes on a log fence in the photo of the author Tarawa.
Yes, this is a photo of a replica of the first atomic bomb dropped during World War II is located at the National Museum of the US Air Force Chrysler delivered 1,000 railcars equipment for broadcasting using hexafluoride gas U- 235 U- 238 separate in Oak Ridge, TN City incommunicado for the photo of the author WWII.
The Cleveland Division of General Motors Diesel Cleveland, OH provided half of diesel engines installed in the American submarine fleet of World War II Today, the submarine of the Second World War era USS Cod can be seen along the waterfront in Cleveland, OH one of the four engines Cleveland Diesels on the submarine is operational Author photo.
The gun mount 40 mm cannon on the deck of the USS Cod was built by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Author photo.
Last revised 03.16.2017 Date 30/08/2013 original publication.
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