Book Review of
Dodge WC54 Ambulance
Author: Fabien Raud
Casemate Illustrated Special
ISBN: 978-1-63624-213-2
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: $37.95
ISBN: 978-1-63624-213-2
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: $37.95
HISTORY:
The Dodge WC-54, Ambulance, 3⁄4-ton, 4 x 4, (SNL supply catalog designation G-502), was the main military ambulance variant of the prolific Dodge WC series of light 4×4 trucks, developed during World War II. Built from 1942 until 1945, they served as the U.S. Army's main dedicated ambulance (besides the many multi-purpose jeeps serving as such), with many also serving in the Korean War, in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, some used as late as 1953; and others serving as late as the 1960s in the armies of some European countries.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Fargo (Dodge) [1]
Production: WC-54: 26,002 (1942–1944), WC-64 KD: 3,500 (1945)
Class: Light truck
Engine: 230 cu in (3.8 L) I6
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Dimensions:
Wheelbase: 121 in (3.07 m)
Length: 194+1⁄2 in (4.94 m)
Width: 77+3⁄4 in (1.97 m)
Height: 90+3⁄8 in (2.30 m)
Curb weight: 2,680 kilograms (5,910 lb)
Predecessor: Dodge G-505 1/2-Ton, 4×4 ambulances
Successor: Dodge M43, M37 3⁄4-ton truck series
THE BOOK:
Casemate is both a publisher of their own series of books and a distributor of other companies books. They are based in Pennsylvania, USA.
This book is hardcover of 168 pages (4 pages are blank). Pages are in 8 ¼” x 10” format.
The cover of the book shows 3 black and white photos and 1 color one. The photo at the top shows 8 U.S. infantry-men and an ambulance next to a wood building in the Philippines. Below that, on the left, is a color photo of an ambulance loading casualties onto a C-47. On the top at the right is a photo of 4 medics posing for the camera at the side of an ambulance.. Below that on the right is a photo of 3 ambulances and a truck parked next to a building.
The book contains 199 black and white photos and 144 color ones.
Shown are: Male and female medics, color photos of electrical and mechanical boxes of parts, ambulances loading or unloading casualties onto aircrafts, nurses, hospitals in buildings and tents, a color photo of an ambulance with a white top and MILITARY POLICE over STUTTGART on the white top, a jazz band entertaining medics, an ambulance pulling a two-wheeled trailer, ambulances on city streets, a print of a BUILD CARD, hardware, ambulances in a jungle, men doing engine maintenance, details of the complete interior and exterior of the ambulance (inside the cab, the dashboard, the rear cabin, gauges, shelves, straps, foot step, body shell, tires, head-lights, vents, tools and fire extinguisher).
Officers, ambulances coming ashore off a landing craft and one aboard a raft, mechanics applying markings to ambulances.
At the end of the book there are 4 cover arts of other Casemate books:
U.S. Army Ambulance & Medical Vehicles in World War Two.
U.S. Army Chevrolet Trucks in World War Two
U.S. Army Vehicle Markings 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps Vehicles 1941-45
This is a neat book on the Dodge WC54 ambulance. It will be of great interest to modelers planning on building a model of one and to military historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. All their titles can be viewed on their website at:
The Dodge WC-54, Ambulance, 3⁄4-ton, 4 x 4, (SNL supply catalog designation G-502), was the main military ambulance variant of the prolific Dodge WC series of light 4×4 trucks, developed during World War II. Built from 1942 until 1945, they served as the U.S. Army's main dedicated ambulance (besides the many multi-purpose jeeps serving as such), with many also serving in the Korean War, in the U.S. Army Medical Corps, some used as late as 1953; and others serving as late as the 1960s in the armies of some European countries.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Fargo (Dodge) [1]
Production: WC-54: 26,002 (1942–1944), WC-64 KD: 3,500 (1945)
Class: Light truck
Engine: 230 cu in (3.8 L) I6
Transmission: 4-speed manual
Dimensions:
Wheelbase: 121 in (3.07 m)
Length: 194+1⁄2 in (4.94 m)
Width: 77+3⁄4 in (1.97 m)
Height: 90+3⁄8 in (2.30 m)
Curb weight: 2,680 kilograms (5,910 lb)
Predecessor: Dodge G-505 1/2-Ton, 4×4 ambulances
Successor: Dodge M43, M37 3⁄4-ton truck series
THE BOOK:
Casemate is both a publisher of their own series of books and a distributor of other companies books. They are based in Pennsylvania, USA.
This book is hardcover of 168 pages (4 pages are blank). Pages are in 8 ¼” x 10” format.
The cover of the book shows 3 black and white photos and 1 color one. The photo at the top shows 8 U.S. infantry-men and an ambulance next to a wood building in the Philippines. Below that, on the left, is a color photo of an ambulance loading casualties onto a C-47. On the top at the right is a photo of 4 medics posing for the camera at the side of an ambulance.. Below that on the right is a photo of 3 ambulances and a truck parked next to a building.
The book contains 199 black and white photos and 144 color ones.
Shown are: Male and female medics, color photos of electrical and mechanical boxes of parts, ambulances loading or unloading casualties onto aircrafts, nurses, hospitals in buildings and tents, a color photo of an ambulance with a white top and MILITARY POLICE over STUTTGART on the white top, a jazz band entertaining medics, an ambulance pulling a two-wheeled trailer, ambulances on city streets, a print of a BUILD CARD, hardware, ambulances in a jungle, men doing engine maintenance, details of the complete interior and exterior of the ambulance (inside the cab, the dashboard, the rear cabin, gauges, shelves, straps, foot step, body shell, tires, head-lights, vents, tools and fire extinguisher).
Officers, ambulances coming ashore off a landing craft and one aboard a raft, mechanics applying markings to ambulances.
At the end of the book there are 4 cover arts of other Casemate books:
U.S. Army Ambulance & Medical Vehicles in World War Two.
U.S. Army Chevrolet Trucks in World War Two
U.S. Army Vehicle Markings 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps Vehicles 1941-45
This is a neat book on the Dodge WC54 ambulance. It will be of great interest to modelers planning on building a model of one and to military historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. All their titles can be viewed on their website at:
Highly recommended.