Canadian Tracked Jeep

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

This photograph of a tracked Jeep with a DUKW was taken at Churchill, Manitoba in 1946. The tracked Jeep has had 45 gallon drums attached to the bow and stern to increase buoyancy when crossing the Churchill River.

Thanks Ed, looks like they continued testing them postwar.

Here's another picture of a Mk II in use/under test, as featured in the Western Command July 2013 newsletter

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[Ed Storey]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Thanks Ed, looks like they continued testing them postwar.

Here's another picture of a Mk II in use/under test, as featured in the Western Command July 2013 newsletter

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Yes, it is the same vehicle taken during the same Churchill exercise and shows a tracked trailer being towed by a tracked Jeep bogged in vehicle ruts.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Via Craig Moore: Car 5cwt armoured tracked Willys at the National Archives at Kew

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