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.
M1 haubices (kopš 1962. gada apzīmējums M116) ir amerikāņu 75 mm velkamā haubice no starpkaru perioda, Pirmā pasaules kara, pēckara un jaunajiem laikiem. Sākotnējais nojaukšanas čaulas ātrums no šī pistoles ir līdz 381 m / s, ar maksimālo diapazonu aptuveni 8800 metri. Sērijveida ražošana tika veikta 1927.–1944. gadā, un rezultātā tika izgatavoti aptuveni 8400 šī ieroča eksemplāri.
Pirmie M1 haubices prototipi tika izstrādāti 1927. gadā. Jau no paša sākuma tika pieņemts mazākais iespējamais šī ieroča svars, lai to varētu salīdzinoši viegli izjaukt un transportēt pa sarežģītu reljefu. Tas lielā mērā tika sasniegts, jo haubice svēra tikai 653 kilogramus. Ar laiku ierocis saņēma M8 roku aizsargu ar gumijas riteņiem, kas atviegloja kājnieku vilkšanu. Sērijveida ražošanas gaitā tika veiktas vairākas ieroču modernizācijas, no kurām viena no svarīgākajām bija haubices M1A1. Ieroci masveidā izmantoja Otrā pasaules kara laikā – īpaši sabiedroto gaisa desanta spēki un ASV jūras kājnieku korpuss. Haubice tika uzstādīta arī (M2 un M3 versijās) uz pašpiedziņas pistoles M8. Ierocis tika eksportēts arī uz daudzām valstīm, tostarp Franciju, Lielbritāniju, Turciju un Pakistānu.