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Type: Classic and modern cars
- Period: Second World War
- Country: United States
- SKILL: 2
- Model Dim. 13.8 cm
- Box Dim. 345 x 242 x 48 mm
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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. A 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 in the war industry during World War II.