M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
David Doyle
M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
David Doyle
- Wydawnictwo: Pen & Sword Publishing
- Rok wydania: 2019
- ISBN: 9781526743565
- Ilość stron: 146
- Format: 19.0 x 24.0 cm
- Oprawa: Miękka
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Opis: M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives - David Doyle
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, the M29C, 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.
Szczegóły: M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives - David Doyle
Tytuł: M29 Weasel Tracked Cargo Carrier & Variants. Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Autor: David Doyle
Wydawnictwo: Pen & Sword Publishing
ISBN: 9781526743565
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2019
Ilość stron: 146
Format: 19.0 x 24.0 cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.536 kg