Armoured Personnel Carrier, Mk. II No. 2* Wasp IIC - Ottawa, Ontario
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N 45° 25.003 W 075° 43.025
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This Armoured Personnel Carrier / Wasp Flamethrower, was made by the Ford Motor and Canadian Bridge Companies, in May 1944. It is located inside the Canadian War Museum, World War II gallery, 1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM10PDQ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/06/2019
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ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER
OBJECT NUMBER 19970113-003
EVENT1939-1945 Second World War
AFFILIATION--
ARTIST / MAKER / MANUFACTURER Ford Motor Company of Canada
Canadian Bridge Company
DATE MADE 1944/05/
PLACE OF USEContinent - North America, Country - Canada
CATEGORY Distribution and transportation artifacts
SUB-CATEGORY Land transportation, motorized
DEPARTMENT Arms and Technology
MUSEUM CWM
"EARLIEST 1944/05/01
LATEST1944/05/31
BRAND NAME / MODEL Mk II* Wasp IIc
PATTERN NAME Universal Carrier
MATERIALS Metal
SERVICE COMPONENT Canadian Army
MEASUREMENTS Height 160.0 cm, Length 366.0 cm, Width 213.0 cm
CAPTION Universal Carrier, Mk. II No. 2* Wasp IIC
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONThe Wasp was a self-propelled flamethrower. The projector was mounted on the front of a modified Universal Carrier fitted with a 341-litre fuel tank. The Wasp could hurl a burning stream of fuel up to 90 metres. Terrifying to the enemy, this weapon was sometimes equally hazardous for its Allied operators if the fuel tank was hit and exploded.
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