Jeep Willys (other names: Willys MB, Jeep) is an American off-road car from the Second World War and the post-war period. The first prototypes of the car were built in 1940, and serial production was carried out in 1940-1945. Nearly 650,000 copies of it were created in its course! The weight of the cart was about 1.1 tons, with a length of 3.36 meters and a width of 1.57 meters. The drive was provided by a single engine with a power of 60 HP. The maximum speed was up to 105 km / h.
The Jeep Willys was developed to order and demanded by the US Army, which in 1940, faced with the war, asked for a completely new 4x4 passenger car with a load capacity of up to 250 kilograms, which could be mass-produced. It is worth adding that initially the American Bantam Car with the Bantam BRC was the clear favorite in the tender. However, the US Department of Defense, striving to ensure the best possible car design and trying to ensure trouble-free series production, handed over the plans for the Bantam BRC to the Willys and Ford plants. Based on these plans, Willys developed a Jeep that had a much better power unit than the original Bantam BRC, as well as being mechanically more perfect. Ultimately, it was this car, the Willys Jeep, that won the tender for the US Army. The presented car was actually mass-produced and went to almost all Anglo-Saxon armies fighting in World War II, and thanks to the Lend-and-Lease program, also to the Soviet Union. He took part in hostilities in North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe and the Pacific. It is often assumed that the Jeep Willys is one of the symbols of American triumph in World War II.
The M1 Howitzer (designation M116 since 1962) is an American 75 mm towed howitzer from the interwar period, World War I, post-war and modern times. The initial velocity of the demolition shell from this gun is up to 381 m / s, with a maximum range of about 8,800 meters. Serial production was carried out in the years 1927-1944 and led to the production of about 8,400 copies of this weapon
The first prototypes of the M1 howitzer were developed in 1927. From the very beginning, the smallest possible weight of this weapon was assumed, so that it could be relatively easily disassembled and transported over difficult terrain. This was achieved to a great extent because the howitzer weighed only 653 kilograms. Over time, the weapon received an M8 handguard with rubber wheels, which made it easier to pull it by infantry soldiers. In the course of serial production, several gun upgrades were made, one of the most important of which was the M1A1 howitzer. The weapon was used on a massive scale during World War II - especially by the Allied airborne forces and the US Marine Corps. The howitzer was also mounted (in M2 and M3 versions) on the M8 self-propelled gun. The gun was also exported to many countries, including France, Great Britain, Turkey and Pakistan.