Patton and the Command Car
One of Patton's personal command cars:
Side View: Note pedestal mounted 50 caliber MG on right running board.
Rear View: Note rear step plate. It was constructed from
the tailgate of a weapons carrier variant of this vehicle.
Close-up of 50 caliber pedestal mount.
Front View: Note metal plating protecting
radiator, air horns, and three star
general identifications.
Various Photographs of Patton with Command Cars
"Lt. Col. Lyle Bernard, CO, 30th Infantry Regiment,
a prominant figure in the second daring amphibious
landing behind enemy line on Sicily's north coast,
discusses military strategy with Lt. General
George S. Patton near Brolo, Provence of
Messina, Sicily.
From the NARA Collection
Patton in a WC-56 command car passing
through a badly damaged Sicilian city.
[Patton Museum]
General George S. Patton and Auguste Nogues,
French commander in chief of North Africa
and Resident General of Morocco.
[Patton Museum]
General George S. Patton and
Field Marshal Bernard L. Mongomery
seated in a 3/4 ton command car.
General George S. Patton
seated in a command car.
General George S. Patton riding in a
WC-56 command car during a ticker tape
parade in Los Angeles 1944