This threeaxle vehicle was built at the beginning of World War II for the US forces who required vehicles to carry a body of infantry of 12 men & in some cases was equipped with a M2 heavy machinegun A variant of the original version with two axles & built in the 1930s the WC 62 was good on rough terrain & proved to be a very reliable vehicle The WC 62 & the WC 63 variant which had a winch was manufactured even after the end of the war & equipped the transport units of many armies of allied countries of the US where they were used up until the 1970s