Info about Dodge WC 55 in British Service

[Lynn Eades]

The WC55 Is the "37mm Gun Motor Carriage m6" which were only manufactured in 1942 and only 5280 were built. It is effectively a variation of a WC52 Weapons carrier(4x4) They had a heavy angle iron riveted to the rear chassis to support the gun mount through the floor of the rear deck.Instead of having a spare wheel bracket coming out over the left hand running board via a depression pressed into the running board, they have a flat running board. A mirror image of the right hand one. The axe and shovel were mounted on the side of the body,above the rear wheels. They were fitted with "run flats". There is no fixing point anywhere on the vehicle for a spare wheel, and they must have been carried on the deck. The rear seats were different. There were extra boxes mounted to the front of the front tray bins.
When the 37mm gun became obsolete, the WC55's were mostly field converted to WC52 configuration.
I will post a picture later.