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1941–1944 Willys MT "Super Jeep" — 6x6, 3⁄4-ton prototype — a small number were built in various configurations. [1] Although performance was excellent, the MT was deemed "surplus to requirements" and cancelled in favor of existing 3 ⁄ 4 -ton and 1 1 ⁄ 2 -ton trucks.
[24] The new rules more or less allowed the Army to order in late 1939 the U.S. military's first ever light, quantity-produced 4×4 trucks: the half-ton Dodge G-505 VC-series trucks, delivered in the first half of 1940, but these were still not light enough for the jobs that both the Infantry and Ordnance branches required it for.
2004–present (see Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles) Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Australia Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN SX: heavy truck/tractor: no: 2005–present: Germany, United Kingdom, New Zealand Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN TGA: heavy truck: yes: 2000–present: Germany Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN TGM ...
In 1939–1941, the US Army Quartermaster Corps was developing a full, and largely standardized line of tactical trucks, that could all operate off-road, and in all weather. In 1941, trucks of 1 ⁄ 4 -ton, 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, and 3-ton load capacity, (4x4), and of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton , 4-ton, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -tons, (6x6), were in ...
Willys (pronounced / ˈ w ɪ l ɪ s /, "Willis" [2]) [5] [1] was a brand name used by Willys–Overland Motors, an American automobile company, founded by John North Willys.It was best known for its design and production of World War II–era military jeeps (MBs), Willys M38 and M38A1 military jeeps as well as civilian versions , and branding the 'jeep' military slang-word into the '(Universal ...
The M38A1 was frequently mated with the M100 version of the Jeep trailer.The M38A1 / MD was the second post-war evolution of the World War II Willys MB jeep (after the M38 or MC; F engine Prototypes), and the first Willys Jeep to feature the new rounded fenders and hood body design that would become the distinguishing body style of the 1955 CJ‑5, and which was carried through for decades on ...
The Willys MC, formally the 1 ⁄ 4-Ton, 4 x 4, Utility Truck M38, or the G‑740 by its U.S. Army Standard Nomenclature supply catalog designation, is a quarter-ton four-wheel drive military light utility vehicle made by Willys between 1949 and 1952.
[4] American Motors VP Joseph E. Cappy said the end of "CJ production will signal an end of a very important era in Jeep history." [5] In 1987, the Jeep CJ-7 was replaced by the first-generation Jeep Wrangler. Looking very similar and riding on the same wheelbase as the CJ-7, it carried over some important components, including its use of leaf ...