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The heavy duty Mack "Bulldog" Truck was introduced in 1916, the unusual snub nose hood and dash mounted radiator were its most distinctive features. With its chain drive rear axle, the "Bulldog" soon earned an unparalleled reputation for reliability and durability, and was called on to help accomplish nearly impossible tasks. While other trucks were bogged down in the axle-deep mud of the French countryside, the AC proved to be unstoppable. The truck earned its nickname when in British service (some over 2,000 units were delievered to Great Britain) either from engineers testing the truck or from Tommies in France saying that the rugged snub-nosed truck either looked like or had the tenacity of “a bulldog”. And as at this time, the symbol of Great Britain was the bulldog, this was high praise indeed. Adopted as the standard 5-ton truck, 4.470 Mack AC trucks went to France with the American Expeditionary Force. And the American soldiers soon came to express the same high opinion of the truck. Mack AC’s were delivered to the French Army as well. My model is made from RPM's excellent Plastic kit, and has been built straight out of the box. The crew comes from HÄT's US WW1 Infantry Set. Click on the thumbnails to see more views of this model:
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