Dodge WC51
Dodge WC51 (Kagero Topshots 34) By Andrzej Zak, Tomasz Szlagor
Publisher: Kagero 2007 | 42 Pages | ISBN: 836044546X | PDF | 14 MB
Publisher: Kagero 2007 | 42 Pages | ISBN: 836044546X | PDF | 14 MB
Production of the Dodge WC51 commenced in 1942 in response to the needs of the U.S. Army for a multi-role, four-wheel-drive vehicle. Its full designation was Dodge T214-WC51 ton 4x4 and its popular name was 'Beep', which originated from 'Big Jeep'. The vehicle was used for carrying troops and towing artillery pieces. In the period between 1942-1945, along with the model WC52 (which differed externally from the WC51 by a winch mounted on the front bumper) as many as 34,000 vehicles of this type were ultimately produced. The Dodge T214 chassis, common to both models, was also used to produce other specialized vehicles, such as the WC53 Carryall featuring a fixed metal cab; the WC 54 ambulance; the WC55 self-propelled antitank weapons carrier armed with a 37 mm cannon; the WC57 and WC58 staff cars, and the WC59 and WC61 telephone line-laying vehicles. From 1943, the Chrysler Corporation used the Dodge T214 model as a basis for production of the 1.5 ton, three-axle Dodge T223 trucks, designated WC62 and WC63, which incorporated a 6x6 all-wheel drive system.
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