This medium cargo truck of the 5 ton category, is representative of today's generation of logisticalvehicles of the U.S. Forces. It entered service in the early eighties. The M-923 has an extremelysturdy structure and excellent off-road features, which are necessary to secure the flow of materialto the front line combat units. Based on this chassis many versions have been produced: wreckingtrucks, tank trucks, mobile maintenance and communication trucks. The A-1 version ischaracteristic because of its large off-road tires which have earned it the nick-name big-foot.During its operational use", and in particular in the most recent military campaigns in which it wasemployed as Iraq and Afghanistan"