23.09.1940/XNUMX/XNUMX | Willis prototype isethulo

Izazi-mlando zezempi ziye zaphikisana iminyaka eminingi ukuthi iyiphi imoto eyayibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni weMpi Yezwe II. Abaningi bakhomba ithangi le-T34, okuthi, ngenxa yobukhulu balo, libhekwa njengelingcono kakhulu, nakuba ngokungangabazeki kungelona elithuthuke kakhulu kwezobuchwepheshe hhayi elihlomile kakhulu. Abanye abantu banaka imoto engahlomile, kodwa ebaluleke kakhulu ekulweni, okuyi-Willys, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Jeep.

IJeep bekuyimoto esetshenziswa izinto eziningi, engahlomile ephuma emgwaqeni ebisebenza kahle kakhulu ngaphandle komgwaqo ngenxa yokudonsa kwawo wonke amasondo kanye nobulula bezobuchwepheshe. Ingalungiswa ngamathuluzi ayisisekelo.

Ukwethulwa kokuqala komshini kwenzeka endaweni yezempi yaseHolabird ngoSepthemba 23, 1940. Nokho, prototype kwakungelona ukuthuthukiswa kwenkampani, kodwa "Bantam BRC" imoto, umkhiqizi futhi iqhaza ithenda yemoto yebutho. Umklamo wokugcina we-Willis marque wawufana nemoto yomncintiswano eyethulwa ngo-September, kodwa enenjini enamandla angu-60 hp. esikhundleni seyunithi ye-48 hp.

Ukukhiqizwa kwenguqulo yokugcina kwaqala ngo-1941 futhi kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-1945. Ngalesi sikhathi, kwakhiqizwa amakhophi acishe abe ngu-640.

Ingeziwe ngu: Iminyaka engu-2 edlule,

isithombe: Cindezela izinto