M29 Weasel
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:12 pm
The M29 Weasel was a tracked vehicle that was built by Studebaker and used by the United States during World War II.
It could carry a maximum of 453.5 kg of cargo and had a weight of 1,632.9 kg.[1] The M29 even had a small pindle that allowed it to tow artillery. The reliability of the M29 was very high. The length of the Weasel was 3.1 meters and the height was 1.7 meters.
Originally the M29 was developed to attack heavy water plants in Norway, since heavy water was needed for atom bombs. The small ground pressure of the M29 allowed it to pass through minefields without setting off most anti-vehicle mines. Studebaker set to work on this challenge immediately and had a prototype in under 40 days.
The M29 was mainly used as a cargo carrier and sometimes even by the US Signal Corps. Over 15,000 were built by studebaker throughout the war.[2] The last tanks of this kind were in service, ironically, with Norway, the area they had been made for.
This would act as a Truck that could also travel onto water like the DD-Sherman but without the change of form.
https://world-war-2.wikia.org/wiki/M29_Weasel
It could carry a maximum of 453.5 kg of cargo and had a weight of 1,632.9 kg.[1] The M29 even had a small pindle that allowed it to tow artillery. The reliability of the M29 was very high. The length of the Weasel was 3.1 meters and the height was 1.7 meters.
Originally the M29 was developed to attack heavy water plants in Norway, since heavy water was needed for atom bombs. The small ground pressure of the M29 allowed it to pass through minefields without setting off most anti-vehicle mines. Studebaker set to work on this challenge immediately and had a prototype in under 40 days.
The M29 was mainly used as a cargo carrier and sometimes even by the US Signal Corps. Over 15,000 were built by studebaker throughout the war.[2] The last tanks of this kind were in service, ironically, with Norway, the area they had been made for.
This would act as a Truck that could also travel onto water like the DD-Sherman but without the change of form.
https://world-war-2.wikia.org/wiki/M29_Weasel