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  2. SPA-Viberti AS.42 - Wikipedia

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    The Camionetta Desertica Model 42 (also known as the SPA-Viberti AS.42 or Sahariana) was an Italian reconnaissance car of World War II. [1] The AS.42 (Africa Settentrionale = North Africa) was developed by SPA-Viberti using the same chassis as the AB 41 armoured car, including its four-wheel steering, but with a 2x4 transmission specifically for desert operations, primarily in a reconnaissance ...

  3. Tilly (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    They were all officially classed as Car, Light Utility 4 x 2. The adaptation of each manufacturer's chosen model to Utility specification varied in detail but was broadly the same. The rear body was swapped for a simple pickup truck load bed covered by a canvas roof (commonly known as a 'tilt'), making the Utility a two or three seater in the cab.

  4. Autocar U8144T 5- to 6-ton 4×4 truck - Wikipedia

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    The Autocar Model U8144T, officially "5- to 6-Ton, 4×4, Ponton Tractor Truck", (supply catalog number G511) was the largest, and most heavy-duty, of a family of heavy four-wheel drive trucks developed for, and deployed primarily with, the United States Army in World War II.

  5. Production vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The earliest use of the term production car being applied to motor cars, found to date, was in a June 1914 American advertisement for a Regal motor car. [1] The phrase was a shortened form of mass-produced or quantity-produced car. [2] [3] The phrase was also used in terms of the car to be made in production, as opposed to the prototype. [4]

  6. Humber FWD - Wikipedia

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    The primary version was a heavy utility passenger off-road vehicle, officially designated as Car, Heavy Utility, 4x4 (FWD), Humber. [3] It was the only four-wheel-drive passenger car produced in the United Kingdom during the war. [1] Production began in May 1941 and continued until the end of the war, [4] with approximately 6,500 units ...

  7. Marmon-Herrington armoured car - Wikipedia

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    It was known in British service as armoured car, Marmon–Herrington Mk II. The Mark I continued in production (until the end of 1940) while supply of parts from the United States was resolved. [ 6 ] Mark II "Middle East Model" denoted the vehicles serving with British forces in the North African campaign .

  8. Wanderer (company) - Wikipedia

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    Wanderer was a German manufacturer of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, vans and other machinery.Established as Winklhofer & Jaenicke in 1896 by Johann Baptist Winklhofer and Richard Adolf Jaenicke, the company used the Wanderer brand name from 1911, making civilian automobiles until 1941 and military vehicles until 1945.

  9. Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht - Wikipedia

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    The 'mittlerer' (medium) Horch / Wanderer 901 was the most common variant of the various Einheits-Pkw (here: 'Typ(e) 40' in the August Horch Museum Zwickau.. Early on in the process of motorizing the German military before World War II, first the Reichswehr, and then the Wehrmacht had procured militarised versions of many different makes and models of civilian passenger cars.