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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.
Kaiser Jeep M715. Anyone who doubted the muscle of a Jeep pickup was quieted by this one. From 1967 to 1969, the Kaiser M715 delivered 1.25 tons of payload capacity. Basically a Jeep Gladiator ...
From 1968 onwards, the U.S. military replaced the M37 with the heavier-rated 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 (or five-quarter) ton Kaiser Jeep manufactured M715 family of vehicles. Rather than purpose-built tactical vehicles, these "militarized" commercial off-the-shelf ('COTS') trucks were considered underpowered and fragile compared to the M37. [3]
1 ⁄ 4-ton utility jeep 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
Over there, over there, tell Moab to beware, the Jeep M-715 Five-Quarter concept vehicle is awesome.
In the United States, this engine is often confused with the AMC/Jeep 232 cu in (3.8 L), which Kaiser Jeep purchased to replace the SOHC Kaiser engine 230 cu in (3.8 L) in 1965. The Tornado first appeared in civilian Jeep vehicles in 1963 and was only used until 1965. The US Army M-715 and derivatives used it through the 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1976 the M880/M890 series was put into production under a large contract, [5] [2] intended to replace previous Dodge M37 and Kaiser Jeep M715 trucks and their variants. The M880/890 trucks were adopted as part of a drive by the U.S. military to use COTS vehicles, with appropriate modifications, where such usage was feasible. [ 5 ]
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.