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For release Thursday, July 6
Chicago Bureau
Weasel Joins the Army Parade
South Bend, Indiana -- In secret production for two years at the Studebaker automobile factory in South Bend, Indiana, a radical war vehicle is shown for the first time by the army. Known as the “Weasel” (official name is M-29), it is a low-slung, square-faced personnel and supply carrier, capable of operating over snow, deep mud, sand or on paved highways, a greater variety of terrain conditions than possible in any other previous vehicle. The Weasel’s light weight combined with broad rubber-padded tracks allows for high speeds on any ground condition. Pressure on the ground exerted by the Weasel is about one-fourth that of a fully-equipped infantryman. In winter, over snow-packed ground and camouflaged in weird black and white pattern, the Weasel fairly skims along the surface likes its animal namesake.
Credit: ACME