ORIGINALLY, the light-weight, low-unit-ground-pressure cargo carrier called the weasel was designed primarily for snow operations; but later, as testing and development work progressed, its usefulness was extended to operations in swamps and muddy terrain, through which wheeled and high-unit-pressure vehicles could not be operated.Many problems arose during the intensive development program that was necessary because of the need for getting the manufacture of production vehicles underway quickly.Difficulties were experienced in steering, Mr. Churchill relates, and the tracks of early models had a tendency to throw. These and other problems discussed here by Mr. Churchill were solved, however, so that the third vehicle designed, known as the M-29, is currently in production and serving on many fronts.
THE “WEASEL”
Sae Technical Papers
Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers ; 1906
01.01.1945
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Terrain , Production , Wheels
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1945
| Online Contents | 1994
Mit Turbodiesel:Westfield Weasel
| Kraftfahrwesen | 1993
Bomber, Wild Weasel and Fighter
| Online Contents | 1997
Air Force plans a wilder Weasel (aircraft)
| Tema Archiv | 1990