Dieppe Raid Jeep

[Jordan Baker]

It’s not to often one is able to have multiple pictures of the same vehicle let alone a written description and drawings as well for the modification done. Considering 4 pictures were taken by the Germans. Car 5cwt, with WD-4218884 was a Canadian contract CDLV242 slat grill Willys Jeep. This was one of 4-6 Jeeps sent by 2nd Canadian Infantry Division for use as “Blitz Buggy’s” on the Dieppe Raid. The intended use of CM-4218884 was to haul explosives for use by the RCE units on the raid. Major Sucharov was tasked with conducting numerous landings methods and ways for vehicles to traverse different beach’s and sea walls. The Blitz Buggy was put through a number of landings and under a various loads of both equipment and men. One modification that was made was the creation of an equipment holding bracket for mounting on the hood.