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130 inch lenght
editUnder ==dimensions== its says ...had an 80" wheelbase... ...and a length of 133" . Than don't sound right. Its length could not have been other than 90-100 inches. --79.143.104.251 (talk) 08:42, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
~26" fore and aft of the axels doesn't sound that unreasonable. ataricom (talk) 18:22, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
The "length, overall, maximum" of the M38A1 is 138 5/8 in, as documented on page 18 (section 7) of the Department of the Army and the Air Force "Technical Manual No 9-8014", dated April 6 1955. I own an M38A1, and have found this manual to be generally reliable. 206.248.167.116 (talk) 22:13, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
Infobox 3 Dec 14
editI changed the infobox from Automobile to Weapon, many other Army trucks use weapon. I used dimensions from TM-9-804. I used the official inch dimensions instead of feet/inches, that doesn't seem like "specifications". I used fraction ton in the "type", because that's how the Army rates them.
I converted to meters with 2 digits, this was suggested from a UK guy. I used centemeters with no digits before, close to inches. I know that European manufacturers use mm, but converting inches rounded off isn't close enough to go to mm. The conversions are meters: {{convert|123|in|m|2|abbr=on}}, centimeters: {{convert|123|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}, and millimeters: {{convert|123|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}. On cm and mm you can leave digits (0|) off, that is default.
I cleaned the "Technical manuals" links, one was dead and others were for M38A1, which is not in the article. They can be found at the "13:15, 10 May 2014" edit. Sammy D III (talk) 02:38, 4 December 2014 (UTC)