Standard
B Liberty (another designation: Class-B Standardized Military Truck) is
the name for a series of American military trucks from the First World
War. A single car of this type was powered by a 52 HP 4-cylinder engine.
The length of the vehicle was 6.71 meters, with a width of 2.26 meters
and a wheelbase of -4.08 meters. In total, about 9,500 vehicles of this
type were manufactured in the course of production, of which about 7,600
went to American troops fighting in Europe. Standard B Liberty trucks
were commissioned by a special division of the US Army Quartermaster, in
collaboration with civilian car manufacturers. When creating the design
of this car, the aim was to create a vehicle that is as simple and
inexpensive to produce as possible, easy to use, but also with a
relatively high load capacity and reliable. The first prototypes were
built in 1917 and production started in January 1918. Overall, the
Standard B Liberty cars were successful, with a rather low failure rate,
despite the short R&D time. It is worth adding that Standard B
Liberty trucks were manufactured in a dozen or so automotive companies
in the USA.