reconnaissance carrier
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19940006-001
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Willys Overland Motors, Inc.
- Date Made 1943-1945
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Land transportation, motorized
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/01/01
- Latest 1945/12/31
- Brand Name / Model Tracked Jeep Mk1
- Inscription ON MAKERS PLATE: WILLYS; FRONT; (TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CHART); MAKE AND MODEL WILLYS-TJ-MARK I; SERIAL NUMBER TJ.1.4612; (INSTRUCTIONS); WILLYS-OVERLAND MOTORS, LTD; TOLEDO, OHIO, USA; ON INSTRUCTION PLATE: WILLYS; CAUTION; (SPEED AND LUBRICANT INSTRUCTIONS)
- Materials Steel, Cotton, Rubber
- Service Component Canadian Army
- Measurements Height 127.5 cm, Length 283.0 cm, Width 169.5 cm
- Caption Tracked Jeep
- Additional Information Designed in Canada but built in the United States, the Tracked Jeep, or "Jeep Tank", was meant to be a light armoured vehicle for Canadian paratroopers. All five prototypes broke down during testing. This may be the only one still in existence.
