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.
Ziemeļamerikas P-51 Mustang ir amerikāņu viena dzinēja liela attāluma iznīcinātāju un uzbrukuma lidmašīna ar klasisku asti un pilnībā metāla konstrukciju. Prototipa lidojums notika 1940. gada 26. oktobrī. P-51 Mustang ir nopelnījis reputāciju kā viens no labākajiem, ja ne vislabākajiem Otrā pasaules kara iznīcinātājiem. Aizstājot Allison V-1710-39 dzinēju no pirmā projekta ar Rolls-Royce Merlin motoru (P-51 Mustang Mk.Ia versija), Mustang, kā nekad agrāk, sasniedza pilnību. Vienvietīgais iznīcinātājs pārsteidza ar savu maksimālo ātrumu, darbības rādiusu, manevrēšanas spēju un jaudīgajiem ieročiem. Visu svarīgāko gaisa kuģa novērtēšanas parametru kombinācija lika Mustang pierādīt sevi praktiski visās tam uzticētajās lomās: tas ieguva gaisa pārākumu, pavadīja, veica izlūkošanas misijas, uzbruka zemes mērķiem. Par dizaina klasi liecina fakts, ka Mustang palika aktīvajā dienestā līdz pat 70. gadiem! Viena no svarīgākajām versijām bija P-51D, kuras pamatā ir P-51B. Tas saņēma pilienveida kabīnes apvalku, nodrošinot lielisku redzamību, un jaunu dzinēju - Packard V-1650-7, kas ievērojami uzlaboja veiktspēju. Tehniskie dati (P-51D versija): garums: 9,83 m, spārnu platums: 11,28 m, augstums: 4,08 m, maksimālais ātrums: 703 km/h, kāpuma ātrums: 16,3 m/s, maksimālais diapazons: 2755 km, griesti praktiski: 12800 m, bruņojums: fiksēts - 6 12,7 mm M2 ložmetēji, piekaramie - līdz 908 kg bumbu vai 10 HVAR raķešu palaišanas iekārtas, kalibrs 127 mm.