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The 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-ton, 4×4, Kaiser Jeep M715, sometimes called the "Five quarter (ton)", for its 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 (or 5 ⁄ 4) ton payload rating, is an American light military truck, based on the civilian Jeep Gladiator (SJ). Design and development for the M715 began in 1965, intended to replace the Dodge M37.
Put into service in 1951, it served in a variety of configurations in frontline duty in the Korean War and War in Vietnam before being replaced by two commercial off the shelf (COTS) based 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-ton trucks: the Kaiser M715 (introduced in 1967 and supplied through 1969) and the Dodge M880/M890 series (in the 1970s).
Kaiser Jeep resulted from the 1953 merger of Kaiser Motors, an independent passenger car maker based in Willow Run, Michigan, with the Toledo, Ohio-based Willys-Overland Company. Willys-Overland had been at one point before World War II the U.S.'s second-largest car-maker after Ford , but their fortunes waned during the 1930s.
The design was inspired by the Kaiser Jeep M715 military vehicle from the late 1960s that was based on the regular civilian production Jeep Gladiator pickup. [26] The Jeep Crew Chief concept rides on 20-inch beadlock wheels, and 40-inch military tires, but is mostly based on a Wrangler Unlimited stretched to a 139 in (3,531 mm) wheelbase. [27]
Kaiser M715: 1¼-ton truck 4x4: 1967 Produced by Kaiser Jeep as a militarised version of their commercial Gladiator model pickup truck; 20,680 were produced for the US Army. [42] Land Rover RSOV: Special Operations Vehicle 4x4: 1992
M715 series 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4: 1967–1969: 30,553: Ambulance, cargo, utility bodies (Modified Jeep J-series truck) M561 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-ton 6x6: 1968: 14,274: Cargo and ambulance bodies "Gamma Goat" M656 Series 5-ton 8x8: 1968–1969: 3 bodies for Pershing Missile System
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The Jeepster was revived in 1966 as a 1967 model in the form of the Jeepster Commando ("C101"). The F-head Hurricane straight-4 was used (a direct descendant of the original Go Devil engine) and four-wheel drive was finally added. This engine produced 75 horsepower (56 kW) at 4000 rpm and 114 lb⋅ft (155 N⋅m) of torque at 2000 rpm.