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The K-5 truck is a light
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with a
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, standard automobile gauge, and wheels; length from front of
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to rear of body ; equipped with single top; formerly marked with the Signal Corps
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and the words "Signal Corps, U.S. Army" and also with the name "Maintenance truck No.5" or "Tender for radio tractor No.3" .


See also

* List of Signal Corps Vehicles * K-1 wire cart * K-2 Lance wagon * K-3 wire cart * K-4 signal cart *
K-8 cart The K-8 cart was a two-wheel horse-drawn cart used by the U.S. Signal Corps, designed for transporting in the field a large assortment of signalling equipment in the field. The cart's gauge is 5 ft 2 in, the wheel rims inches wide, and the wheel ...
* Radio tractor


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