Studebaker WW2 history

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

"In the early years of the war, most of the US6s were shipped to the Allies in Europe." I thought that US6 trucks are rare in Europe these days with few ever going to the Allies in Europe? Does anybody know more.

To be factual, Soviet Russia WAS an Ally, and IS (partially) in Europe. The majority of US6 production went to the Soviets, and for we all know, there are possibly vast quantities in still in store.

"Once the United States had entered the war, the US6 was used on all fronts." Not true, no US6 trucks were used in the SWPA as far as I know . The Australian US6 deliveries were very late in the war they and were stored away until the early 1960s .

None used in North Africa or Italy, either.

[Lang]

They were used on the Ledo road in Burma as well.

Here is a great site with lots of photos including Europe.
http://panzerserra.blogspot.com/2018...-6x4-case.html

[Mike K]

In the thesis, I found this sentence to be rather confusing "As the M-29 was being tested Studebaker engineers found that the maneuverability of the Weasel in the water was subpar. " because in the previous paragraphs he doesn't state that the Weasel was intended to be amphibious vehicle from it's original concept. He initially implies that the Weasel was intended to be a efficient in snow conditions but mentions nothing about it as being a amphibious vehicle.