23.09.1940/XNUMX/XNUMX | Willis prototype chiwonetsero

Akatswiri a mbiri ya usilikali akhala akukangana kwa zaka zambiri za galimoto yomwe inali yofunika kwambiri m'mbiri ya nkhondo yachiwiri ya padziko lonse. Ambiri amalozera ku thanki ya T34, yomwe, chifukwa cha kukula kwake, imatengedwa kuti ndiyo yabwino kwambiri, ngakhale mosakayika kuti si yapamwamba kwambiri komanso osati yankhondo. Anthu ena amalabadira galimoto yopanda zida, koma yofunika kwambiri pankhondo, yomwe ndi Willys, omwe amadziwika kuti Jeep.

Galimoto ya Jeep inali yamitundu yambiri, yopanda zida yapamsewu yomwe inkachita bwino kwambiri panjira yapamsewu chifukwa chamayendedwe ake onse komanso luso losavuta. Ikhoza kukonzedwa ndi zida zofunika.

Kuwonetsera koyamba kwa makinawo kunachitika ku Holabird asilikali pa September 23, 1940. Komabe, prototype sanali chitukuko cha kampani, koma Bantam BRC galimoto, Mlengi amene nawonso mu tendero galimoto asilikali. Mapangidwe omaliza a marque a Willis anali ofanana ndi galimoto ya mpikisano yomwe inayambika mu September, koma ndi injini yamphamvu kwambiri ya 60 hp. m'malo mwa 48 hp unit.

Kupanga Baibulo lomaliza kunayamba mu 1941 ndipo kunapitirira mpaka 1945. Panthawi imeneyi, makope pafupifupi 640 anapangidwa.

Zowonjezera: 2 zaka zapitazo,

chithunzi: Press zida