Studebaker Weasels on assembly line
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Description
View of Studebaker Weasels, a military vehicle used as a personnel and supply carrier, on the assembly line at the Studebaker factory in South Bend, Indiana. Label on back: "First production views of the Weasel (M-29), a versatile new type of carrier that has been a closely guarded military secret at the Studebaker automobile plants for two years, were released by the War Department today. Above: the assembly line at South Bend, Ind. Weasels also are painted an olive drab for use in mud, sand and swamp." Handwritten on back: "Weasels."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na040164
- Subject:
- Vehicles, Military--Design and construction
- Studebaker Corporation
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1942-1945
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Weasels, 90:3
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.