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Forty-and-eights
Type of French boxcar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the Forty and Eight.
Forty-and-Eight boxcars (French: Quarante et huit), commonly referred to as Forty-and-Eights, were types of French boxcars (voiture) used by the French Army and Wehrmacht. British and American troops were transported to the Western Front in the boxcars marked with "40-8" to denote their capacity: 40 men or 8 horses.
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Forty-and-Eights | |
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![]() "Forty and Eight" boxcar at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | |
Capacity | 40 men or 8 horses or 20 tonnes (19.7 long tons; 22.0 short tons) of supplies |
Operators | French Army and Wehrmacht |
Specifications | |
Weight | 7.9 tonnes (7.8 long tons; 8.7 short tons) tare |
Braking system(s) | Air |
Coupling system | Buffers and chain |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1ā2 in) |
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