Dodge WC question

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by gordon

Looking at the bodywork, it doesn't shout Russian to me. Any chance it was done in Czechoslovakia ? It is much more like something you would find on a Tatra, and of course the Germans kept the Tatra facilities up and running so they would be capable of that.

Gordon, agree. What it shouts is German "Umbau-wagen", both in style (slanted rear edge of doors) and practice. The Germans had a habit of converting perfectly usable trucks into their Kfz. 12 or 15 body style. Picture below shows a converted Bedford MW, you will notice the similarities.

But the big question in this case is: where would the Germans have captured a mid-war Dodge WC52? The other allied trucks were mostly captured in Europe during the Blitzkrieg, after which there were time and resources available in the occupied countries for these conversions. Later during the war I cannot see the Germans devoting time and resources to these type of conversions.

H.