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 M-29 Cargo Carrier, developed for the United States Army by Studebaker in 1942-1943, also known as "The Weasel", is a lightweight cargo carrier weighing 3,800 total pounds. With a ground...

2017年7月25日 · In 1942, the American Studebaker company based in South Bend, Indiana, famed for their luxury automobiles, answered a call for an armored vehicle capable of traversing deep Norwegian snow drifts for special forces operations.

The M29 Cargo Carrier "Weasel" could be used as command, radio, ambulance, signal line laying, and light cargo vehicle. It proved most useful on difficult terrain (snow, swamps, sand, deep mud,...

The M29 Weasel, built by Studebaker, was a WWII tracked vehicle designed for operations in snow. Designed by British inventor Geoffrey Pyke as a fast and light mechanized device to transport small groups of commando troops of the First …

The M29 Weasel was a machine conceived by a bizarre British chemist obsessed with ice for a unit that did not exist and a mission that never occurred. While super-secret Operation Ploughshare was scratched, the Weasel went on to lead a long and productive, if unheralded, life.

2025年1月25日 · The Studebaker M29 Weasel was developed rapidly in the early 1940s to provide the US Armed Forces with a tracked vehicle that could traverse deep snow, and tow equipment across snow – a feat that the then-current wheeled vehicles struggled with.

Designed to operate in snow, a later C variant with buoyancy cells and twin rudders was introduced to operate in water. The M29C saw action in the Pacific and later in Vietnam with the French, who dubbed it the Crabe, and armed it with machine guns and even recoilless rifles.

Studebaker M29 Weasel was a World War II fully tracked, lightweight vehicle, designed for operation in snow. Powerplant: Studebaker Model 6-170 Champion, a 6-cylinder 2779 cm 3, 4-stroke engine running on 72 octane gasoline delivering 70 hp at 3,600 rpm.

The M29 Weasel was a World War II tracked vehicle, built by Studebaker, designed for operation in snow.[1] The idea for the Weasel came from the work of British inventor Geoffrey Pyke in support of his proposals to attack Axis forces and industrial installations in Norway.