WILLY'S JEEP 1/4 ton.4X4 Utility Truck
In 1940, after World War II had broken out, the US general staff ordered various factories to design a light multi-purpose vehicle with all-wheel drive.
The American Bantam Company, Willys Overland, and Ford Motor Co. competed with each other.Willys prototype was chosen, which, after an initial run of 1500 vehicles, went into mass production at the beginning of 1941 and reached a total output of 640.000 units out of which 277.000 pieces were produced by Ford under a licensing agreement. This shows that the Jeep was the most widely produced light vehicle of the war industry during World War II.
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U.S. 1/4 ton. 4x4 Utility Truck - 82nd Recconnaissance Battalion - 2nd Armoured Division, Germany 1945.
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U.S. 1/4 ton. 4x4 Utility Truck - HQ-Troop, 2nd Recconnaissance Squadron, 8th Cavalery, 4th Infantry Division 1945.
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U.S. 1/4 ton. 4x4 Utility Truck - 82nd Reconnaissance Battalikon - 2nd Armoured Division, Germany 1945.
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U.S. 1/4 ton. 4x4 Utility Truck - 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division Húrtgenwald, December 1944.
Afmeting:
- Lengte. 95 mm
Schaal 1:35
Released by Italeri in 2008.
Italeri 6468
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