Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Auf Rädern und Ketten 2019
Vom 31. Mai bis 2. Juni veranstaltete das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum wieder ein großes internationales Militär Oldtimertreffen. Auf dem Freigelände hinter dem Museumsgebäude wurden zahlreiche historische Militärfahrzeuge verschiedenster Gattungen präsentiert.
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Dodge WC Series
The Dodge WC series, sometimes nicknamed 'Beeps', was a prolific range of light 4WD and medium 6WD military utility trucks, produced by Dodge / Fargo during World War II.[nb 3] Together with the 1⁄4-ton jeeps produced by Willys and Ford, the Dodge 1⁄2-tons and 3⁄4-tons made up nearly all of the light 4WD trucks supplied to the U.S. military in WWII – with Dodge contributing some 337,500 4WD units (about half as many as the Jeep.
Contrary to the versatility of the highly standardized jeep, which was mostly achieved through field modification, the Dodge WC‑series came in many different, purpose-built, but mechanically uniform variants from the factory, much akin to the later family of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. The WC series evolved out of, and was part of a more extended family of trucks, with great mechanical parts commonality, that included open- and closed-cab cargo trucks and weapons carriers, (radio) command cars, reconnaissance vehicles, ambulances, carryalls, panel vans, and telephone installation and mobile emergency / field workshop trucks.
The Dodge WC series were essentially built in two generations. From 1940 to early 1942, almost 82,400 of the 1⁄2-ton 4×4 Dodge trucks were built—initially called the VC series, but the great majority (from 1941) in the WC series, and in more variants.
#dodgewcseries #hgmwien #dodge
Auf Rädern und Ketten 2019
Vom 31. Mai bis 2. Juni veranstaltete das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum wieder ein großes internationales Militär Oldtimertreffen. Auf dem Freigelände hinter dem Museumsgebäude wurden zahlreiche historische Militärfahrzeuge verschiedenster Gattungen präsentiert.
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Dodge WC Series
The Dodge WC series, sometimes nicknamed 'Beeps', was a prolific range of light 4WD and medium 6WD military utility trucks, produced by Dodge / Fargo during World War II.[nb 3] Together with the 1⁄4-ton jeeps produced by Willys and Ford, the Dodge 1⁄2-tons and 3⁄4-tons made up nearly all of the light 4WD trucks supplied to the U.S. military in WWII – with Dodge contributing some 337,500 4WD units (about half as many as the Jeep.
Contrary to the versatility of the highly standardized jeep, which was mostly achieved through field modification, the Dodge WC‑series came in many different, purpose-built, but mechanically uniform variants from the factory, much akin to the later family of High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles. The WC series evolved out of, and was part of a more extended family of trucks, with great mechanical parts commonality, that included open- and closed-cab cargo trucks and weapons carriers, (radio) command cars, reconnaissance vehicles, ambulances, carryalls, panel vans, and telephone installation and mobile emergency / field workshop trucks.
The Dodge WC series were essentially built in two generations. From 1940 to early 1942, almost 82,400 of the 1⁄2-ton 4×4 Dodge trucks were built—initially called the VC series, but the great majority (from 1941) in the WC series, and in more variants.
#dodgewcseries #hgmwien #dodge
