The Gama Goat, is a 6-wheel drive vehicle designed to provide high mobility over adverse terrain and to have float, swim, and air drop capabilities. Intended users are infantry, armor, artillery, airborne, engineer, and selected close support type units. A truck version (facing page) is designated M561 and an ambulance version is designated as the M792. References to M561 or trucks in this study refer to both the M561 truck and M792 ambulance. The DOD's program for the M561 cargo truck--a replacement for a portion of the existing fleet of 3/4-ton trucks--was initiated in May 1961. The truck was developed during the period March 1963 through June 1966, and in June 1968 the initial production contract was awarded.


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    Title :

    U.S. General Accounting Office Staff Study: Gama Goat


    Publication date :

    1973


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English