Model information

The Willys MB (Willis) is an American army all-terrain vehicle of the Second World War. Serial production began in 1941 at the factories of Willys-Overland Motors and Ford (under the Ford GPW brand).

History

(This is really interesting) In May 1940, the US Army formulated the basic requirements for a light commander's reconnaissance vehicle. These requirements were so strict in terms of deadlines that only Willys-Overland Motors and American Bantam took part in the competition, which in early September 1940 showed the first prototype of its SUV. He was competing with prototypes of all-terrain vehicles from Ford and Marmon-Herrington.

The resulting machine turned out to be heavier than the specified values. The Willys company, declaring the specified technical requirements and the deadlines for their implementation unrealistic, asked for 75 days for the implementation of its project of a heavier car. Willys, having full information about the competitor's car, copied the features of the external appearance of the Bantam prototype. A few years later, this was legally fixed, but by that time American Bantam had ceased to exist. Belatedly, Ford joined the competition with the Pygmy car, which won the initial stage of the competition. At the beginning of 1941, the commission, chaired by President Roosevelt, formed the final requirements and decided to give each of the three companies an order for a trial batch of 1,500 cars. The release of the Willys MA began in June 1941. The entry of the United States into World War II forced the US military department to give instructions to urgently launch mass production of new cars.

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