The K-30 truck, a US Signal Corps designation for an Autocar U8144 truck with York-Hoover van body, was used as the Operating Truck for the SCR-270, an early-warning radar of World War II.[1] 2) 3) 4) Similar vehicles were the K-31 power truck for the SCR-270 early warning radar and K-62 or K-62-A, both operating trucks also for the SCR-270. K-30 and the similar K-62(-A) differed in cubic feet and overall height from the K-31.[1] On the accompanying image in the infobox can be seen, that the K-30 beside in cubic feet and overall height differed from the K-31 in having a window on the right side of the van body. The panels at the back and at both sides were formed by two halves, that were folded up and down respectively. This truck contains a high-power radio transmitter, a cooling system for the transmitter tubes, two cathode-ray oscilloscopes (one carried as a spare), two superheterodyne receivers (one spare), a vacuum-tube keyer, a plotting table, and containers for spare parts and tubes.

Autocar U8144 K30
Right side K-31 Operating truck, part of SCR-270
Type5- to 6-ton 4x4 Van
Place of originUnited States
Production history
ManufacturerAutocar Company
Produced1941–1945
No. built607
VariantsK30, K62
Specifications
Mass19,280 lb (8,750 kg) empty
Length300 inches (7.62 m)
Width98 inches (2.49 m)
Height130+12 inches (3.31 m)

EngineHercules RXC
112 hp (84 kW)
Transmission5 speed x 2 range trf. case
SuspensionBeam axles on leaf springs
Fuel capacity90 US gal (340 L)
Operational
range
270 mi (430 km) cruising, loaded
Maximum speed 45 mph (72 km/h)

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  1. ^ a b "TM-9-2800-1 Military Vehicles". US Dept. of the Army. 27 October 1947. p. 304. Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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