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The M29 Weasel is a World War II tracked vehicle designed for operation in snow. [1] Built by Studebaker, Weasels were also used in sandy, muddy, and desert terrains, including towing loads over terrain wheeled vehicles could not negotiate as in the U.S. Marine invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Wiesel 1 MK20 (1991) Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden. The vehicle next to it is the Panzerhaubitze 2000.. Depending on the exact configuration, the Wiesel 1's length is about 3.55 metres (11.6 ft), height 1.82 metres (6.0 ft), and width 1.82 metres (6.0 ft).
Landing Vehicle Tracked (18,620) Landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat (20,000) M29 Weasel; DUKW (21,147 ... List of military vehicles of World War II.
The Vostok traverse was a 3000 kilometre four-month trip across Antarctica undertaken by ANARE the Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition in 1962. Using two bright red painted 1943 World War II M29 Weasel tracked vehicles and two 1950 D4 Caterpillar Inc. tractors the 6-man expedition left Wilkes Base on the coast for the Russian Vostok Station deep in the Antarctic interior.
In the forward area, land mines and the few tracks through the Reichswald Forest kept vehicles on the roads, and the traffic, thaws and heavy rains resulted in a rapid deterioration of the roads. Recourse was therefore made to Weasel tracked vehicles, and every available Weasel was
M3A1 Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2-ton M3A2 Vehicle, Cavalry Fighting, full-track, armored, 25 mm chain-gun, 21 1 ⁄ 2 -ton M3 CROP palletized load system
M2 half-track car: Reconnaissance vehicle United States: M3 scout car: Armored car United States: M8 Greyhound: Armored car United States: Had a turret-less variant that was named M20 M38 Wolfhound: Armored car United States: M29 Weasel: Tracked vehicle United States: S1 scout car: Armored car Australia: T17E1 Staghound: Armored car United ...
Produced as an artillery tractor during World War II, it was used to tow the 90 mm AA Gun M1, 155 mm gun M1, 8 inch Howitzer M1 and 240 mm howitzer M1. [48] M5 high-speed tractor: Artillery tractor: Tracked: 1942 Produced as an artillery tractor during World War II, it was used to tow the 105 mm Howitzer M2, 4.5-inch gun M1 and 155 mm Howitzer ...