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Even in 1942, when production of the standardized 1 ⁄ 4 ‑ton jeep really got up to speed, it didn't catch up to the WC-series' numbers—the 170,000 jeeps built still only amounted to half of the total 356,000 light trucks the Army had received by end of that year.
By the end of the war US factories had produced 300,000 planes, [2] [3] and by 1944 had produced two-thirds of the Allied military equipment used in the war [citation needed] — bringing military forces into play in North and South America, the Caribbean, the Atlantic, Western Europe and the Pacific.
Company Truck Image Class Is there a civilian version Years in Production the armies which countries used AEC: AEC X/Y/Z: medium trucks: no: 1914-1918: United Kingdom
Willys also began almost immediately to brand the term "Jeep" through advertising, applying to trademark it in 1943, and receiving the "Jeep" trademark in 1950. From 1945, Willys focused almost exclusively on selling Jeep branded vehicles, civilian and commercial, as well as utility and military jeeps for (the U.S.) governments.
The original jeep designs were handed over to Willys-Overland and Ford and became the basis for the design of the World War II jeep. After the delivery of the first jeep, American Bantam kicked off serial production of the Mark II (also called the BRC-60) jeeps with improvements suggested by the QMC. American Bantam was the sole manufacturer of ...
Inspired by styling from the Dakar [3] and Jeepster [4] concept vehicles, the Liberty replaced the discontinued Jeep Cherokee.. The Liberty was the first Jeep vehicle to use rack and pinion steering, [5] and was the first Jeep to use the two then-new PowerTech engines; the 150 horsepower (110 kW) 2.4 L straight-4, which was discontinued in 2006, and the 210 horsepower (160 kW) 3.7 L V6, as ...
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 ...
Walther Wenck (12 Army) May 7 May 7 No commander for the 9th Army Germany All forces in La Rochelle: c. 22,000? Ernst Schirlitz: May 9, morning May 8, morning (antidated) Germany Army Group Ostmark ~450,000 (as of May 1) [1]: 368 Lothar Rendulic: May 7, at 6:00 PM May 8, at 00:01 AM Surrendered in Reith, near Salzburg: Germany/ Italy