WC56 Dodge Command Car, 3/4 ton, 4x4

Dodge produced the WC-56 3/4 ton 4x4 Command Car from 1942 to 1944, part of the Dodge 3/4 ton WC series of trucks. The Command Car was used for transporting officers and for reconnaissance missions. Its distinctive profile made it a target, however, and production was soon phased out. The WC-56 differs from the WC-57 Command Reconnaissance Car in that the WC-57 was equipped with a winch. The WC-58 Radio Car is identical to the WC-57 (with winch) but has provisions for a radio set to be mounted in the rear seat area.

The Olive-Drab.com Gallery has a photo of Lt. Gen. Patton with his WC-56 or WC-57 Command Car.

American and French officers review troops from a WC-56 Dodge Command Car during World War II.

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Dodge WC-56 Truck, Command Reconnaissance, 3/4 ton, 4x4 w/o winch (G-502)

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of the WC-56 3/4-ton Command Car at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

WC-56 Dodge 3/4-ton 4x4 Command Car, M37B1 Dodge 3/4-ton 4x4 Cargo Truck (USMC), M38A1 jeep w/trailer. The 2009 MVPA Transcontinental Convoy arrives at Cantigny, IL, 20 June 2009 to rest, refuel and share their experiences with the local community near Chicago. The Convoy is retracing the route of the first major motorized expedition across the United States, in 1919.

Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 WC-56 Command Car is loaded on a box car at the Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant, near Detroit, MI, circa August 1942.

WC-56 Dodge Command Car, 3/4 ton, 4x4. Photo from Berlin-Patrol 2011, courtesy of Abraham Telvi.

Hundreds of Jerry Cans sit in the gasoline dump of the 410th Bomb Group at 9th Air Force Station A-58, France. 22 October 1944. Center vehicle appears to be WC56 Dodge Command Car, 3/4 ton, 4x4.

Major General Manton S. Eddy (left), commander of the 9th Infantry Division, and his assistant commander, Brigadier General Daniel A. Stroh, in the deepwater port of Bizerte, Tunisia, 9 May 1943. Vehicle is a Dodge WC-56 or WC-57 Truck, Command Reconnaissance, 3/4 ton, 4x4.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the 493rd Bomb Group, being guided to a safe landing by a mobile control van at an airbase In England, 22 January 1945. Vehicle appears to be WC56 Dodge Command Car, 3/4 ton, 4x4. A jeep may be behind the WC56.

Dodge WC-56 Command Car, 3/4 ton, 4x4 w/o winch Photo Gallery

Dodge WC-56 Truck, Command Reconnaissance, 3/4 ton, 4x4 w/o winch (G-502). Photo: "Baby" courtesy of Deryk Walker.

Securing a WC-56 Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 Command Car in an automobile transport boxcar, Detroit, MI, vicinity, August 1942.

WC-56 Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 Command Car at Dodge factory undergoing final inspection of lubrication, springs, axles, and the entire undercarriage, Detroit, MI vicinity, August 1942.

General George S. Patton, Jr. standing in a WC-56 Dodge 3/4 ton 4x4 Command Car during a Ward Bonds rally and parade in Los Angeles, CA, 9 June 1945. This photo is available in high resolution in the Olive-Drab.com Gallery.