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1941 Willys MT-TUG

1941 Willys MT-TUG in Five Graves to Cairo, Movie, 1943

Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin:

1941 Willys MT-TUG

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Jale ◊ 2012-01-05 22:55	"German" vehicle...
-- ◊ 2012-01-05 23:01	Made for movie based on a Willys?
4x4peru ◊ 2012-01-06 03:49	Looks like made for movie based on a Willys MB. Add two dummy rear axles and drive it off the front wheels! Brilliantly easy.
Kooshmeister ◊ 2012-01-06 05:20	Not made for movie, an actual vehicle, the GP T14 37mm GMC: /vehicles_make-Ford_model-GP+T14+37mm+GMC.html It is the third one on the site. 2491tj wrote a very very very very very rare example of a WW2 US 6x6 Ford MT Tug , based on a lengthened and converted Ford Jeep chassis..it cant be the Willys version as only 6 were built on the willys jeep chassis. The MT Tug was built in 1941 experimentally for units of the US Armys Tank Destroyer Command as a light fast vehicle capable of mounting the 37mm anti tank gun..unfortunately series production of this Jeep was not eventually authorised as the gun needed two people to operate it, and the vehicle with gun fitted, could only carry two men...so the driver had to act as gunner, which did not make the vehicle a good idea operationally,also the gun was mounted very low in the rear body on a pivot which meant the crew had to stand in the open to operate the gun,and the steering column had to be slightly altered from its normal Jeep position to take in account the 360 degree swing of the gun barrel...this condemned the whole project. ..the whole idea was dropped in favour of mounting the gun on the larger WC Dodge chassis (the WC series was already in quantity production and the WC was roomier and required hardly any modification to mount the gun on its rear body)....some MT Tugs were also converted into small armoured versions, but again, none saw service. None ever saw action.The designation of the vehicle (even tho there is no gun fitted to the one in the picture) should read "Carriage,Motor 37mm Gun T13 Ford"...the rarer Willys version was the T14..the pic represents a very rare Jeep indeed. Alexander wrote
4x4peru ◊ 2012-01-07 02:13	Excellent! Thank you for the clarification.
JavierDiesel ◊ 2012-11-24 16:36	Most impressive to see that prototype in a movie! I couldn't believe my eyes the first tiem I saw the film.
Pierre ◊ 2016-06-30 14:22	Koosh, in 2012, was at pains to point out that the lengthened Jeep is a T13 Ford vs. a T14 Willys. Also, surely, '37mm gun' vs. '37mm GMC' even if there is no gun (or 'GMC') fitted.
mike962 ◊ 2025-05-04 23:19	^ I don't understand why you name this thing this way first of all 37mm GMC is this gun which has nothing to do with the actual vehicle -- Last edit: 2025-05-04 23:19:40
mike962 ◊ 2025-05-04 23:26	it seems according to this the general name was MT-Tug , no mention of T13 we have even an ID plate ! https://www.ewillys.com/2013/06/17/photos-of-a-mt-tug-6x6/ -- Last edit: 2025-05-04 23:35:41
mike962 ◊ 2025-05-04 23:31	more info here seems there was actually no Ford version of this !! https://www.militarytrader.com/military-vehicles/the-super-jeep https://www.jeepdatabase.com/mttug the correct name for them Willy MT-TUG -- Last edit: 2025-05-04 23:36:01
mike962 ◊ 2025-05-06 12:29	the T14 name comes from something else and this explains it Link to "www.team-bhp.com" so ordinary vehicle is Willys MT-TUG around 15 to 25 build depending on sources the prototype with gun mounted was called T14 there was an armored version prototype called T24 so the whole thing would be Willys MT-Tug , there is no Ford T13 or any Ford 6 wheels whatsoever , T14 was just a prototype so all need renamed to Willys MT-Tug currently they are listed to a non existing vehicle... -- Last edit: 2025-05-06 12:46:13
antp ◊ 2025-05-07 10:56	For now I changed all "Ford T13 37mm GMC" to "Willys MT-TUG" We'll see if that has to be changed again if more info is found about them.

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