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1940 Bantam Pilot —Prototype. 1940 Bantam BRC-60 —Prototype. 1940 Willys Quad —Prototype. 1940 Ford Pygmy —Prototype. 1940 Budd Ford —Prototype. 1941 Ford GP. 1941 Willys MA. 1941 Bantam BRC-40. 1941 Willys T13/T14 'Super Jeep' – MB stretched to 6x6 and armed with a 37 mm Gun Motor Carriage.
Military light utility vehicle, or simply light utility vehicle ( LUV ), is a term used for the lightest weight class military vehicle category. [1] A Jeep -like four-wheel drive vehicle for military use [2] by definition lighter than other military trucks and vehicles, inherently compact and usually with light or no armour, with short body ...
History. In 1951 Ford Motor Company was awarded the contract to design a ¼-ton 4×4 truck to replace the M38 and M38A1 model jeeps. The M151 was developed to specifications and guidance of the U.S. Army's Ordnance Tank Automotive Command. Design started in 1951 and testing and prototyping lasted through most of the fifties.
The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army Truck, 1⁄4‑ton, 4×4, Command Reconnaissance, [9] [10] commonly known as the Willys Jeep, [nb 4] Jeep, or jeep, [12] and sometimes referred to by its Standard Army vehicle supply nr. G-503, [nb 5] were highly successful American off-road capable, light military utility vehicles.
Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .
The Willys MD, formally the M38A1 Truck, Utility: 1/4 ton, 4x4, or the G‑758 by its U.S. Army Standard Nomenclature supply catalog designation, was a four-wheel drive, military light utility vehicle, made by Willys and Willys Motors / Kaiser Jeep from 1952 to 1971. It was widely procured by the U.S. military from 1952 until 1957, after which ...
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
1950. In 1950 the next generation of tactical trucks were being developed. Sizes were rationalized, with 1⁄4 and 3⁄4 -ton 4x4s and 21⁄2, 5, and 10-ton 6x6s. Trucks were military standard designs, 6x6 trucks used common cabs and similar fender and hood styles. [14] M422 1⁄4 -ton 4x4. M38A1 1⁄4 -ton 4x4. M274 1⁄2 -ton 4x4.