M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants

M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants

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M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants




Author:David Doyle
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Dimensions:7.5" x 9.5"
Pages:168
Photos:240 color & black and white photographs
Publisher:Pen and Sword Military
ISBN:9781526743565
Item No. 9781526743565



Conceived as part of a Top Secret project to disrupt Nazi Germany's atomic bomb program, the hastily developed Studebaker Weasel went on to one of, if not THE most successful of the wartime all-terrain vehicles. Designed with light weight to facilitate both air-dropping and efficient, high-speed operation in the snow, the vehicles were soon found to have excellent performance in the mud.Always amphibious, the later models were equipped with flotation tanks on each end and dual rudders in the rear for even more efficient operation in the water. Weasels were used on numerous fronts during WWII, were once again deployed in Korea, by the French in Vietnam, and numerous outposts during the Cold War. These pages provide an overview of the development, and a detailed look at the deployment and the machines themselves, of these iconic, all-terrain vehicles.