Interesting Dodge in Soviet use in WW2

[LarryH57]

I came across this on the web; scroll down about half way to a photo taken the centre of a town in Dresden 1945 and note the dodge on the left looking more like a post war verson.

 

There are quite a few vehicles to identify and the Zis-3 guns look as if two are being towed together!

 

Quite an interesting photo; if a modeller set it out as it is I'd imagin that someone would say it's posed!

 

http://wio.ru/galgrnd/zis3-2ru.htm

Edited February 4, 2017 by LarryH57

[Tony B]

Dodges were supplied to the Soviets. The T214 engine continued in service for many years. Be a different restoration.

[LarryH57]

Oh I know the Soviets got thousands of Dodges but the body on the one in the photo must have been custom made, as its not like any US versions I have seen. Could in fact be a German body on a captured Dodge, as the cab looks quite 'erzatz' and if re-captured by the Soviet Army they may have thought it much more comforatable compared to the standard Dodge Weapons Carrier?

Edited February 5, 2017 by LarryH57

[Gordon_M]

Soviet made arctic cab, and very nice too. I'd guess on an early WC 52 chassis ( it looks like it has the symmetrical headlight guards ) but could be on a WC57 or even a WC 63.

 

As fas as I know, the WC 59, 60, and 61 trucks, which had longer wheelbases, didn't come with winches, but could be wrong.