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The ’40 VC-series Dodge 1/2-ton 4x4s were well liked but considered only an interim solution because they were essentially a modified civilian truck. At the outset of World War II a more military layout was designed. Dodge replaced the 1940 VC-1 to VC-6 with the equally half-ton rated WC series of military light trucks, produced in 38 model variants, in varying numbers — thousands of some models were produced, while only a few of some others were made. While the military VC-series used much civilian sheet-metal, distinguished by a brush-guard in front of the grille — the WC-series came with wide-open, almost flat fenders that prevented mud build-up, clogging rotation of the wheels — as well as a redesigned nose with an integrated, round, grated grille / brush-guard. A new ambulance with a fully enclosed, all-steel box rear body was designed, on a longer, 123 inch wheelbase. The 1⁄2‑ton WC models were the first all-military design Dodge developed in the build-up to full mobilization for World War II, and they were the U.S. Army's first standard light truck – prior to the jeep – when the U.S. formally declared war in December 1941.
Both the Dodge half-ton VC and WC trucks were part of the Army G-505 series. Some 77,750 of the 1⁄2‑ton WC named trucks were produced during late 1940 to 1942 under War Department contracts. Half-ton rated WC series models were numbered in the 1 to 50 range.
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