Jeep militaires - depuis 1940 (Willys MB, Ford GPW et Hotchkiss M201)
Despite its frequent association with the American Willys-Overland company, the Jeep was actually designed by a team working for American Bantam in response to a request from the US Quartermaster Corps in 1940. Faced with the machinations of very strong political opposition, Bantam lost the market to Willys-Overland and Ford, who ended up producing around 640 000 examples of what is probably still the most recognizable vehicle in the world, while Hotchkiss produced in France, well after the war, another 28 000 Jeeps.
During World War II, the Jeep accompanied all the Allied armies on all fronts and the military on both sides recognized its qualities as a reliable and versatile vehicle.
After the end of the war, thousands of Jeeps were allocated to the armies of the recently liberated European countries. Others were "civilized", but little by little these vehicles began to pass into the hands of collectors.
Covering the history of the development and evolution of this iconic military vehicle (Willys MB, Ford GPW and Hotchkiss M201), this book is an in-depth examination of everything needed to discover, purchase, restore and operate a military Jeep, seventy years after the first prototype was delivered to the US Army in July 1940.
French edition of Haynes' book "Military Jeep Enthusiasts' manual".
Specificaties
| Auteur: | Pat Ware |
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| Uitvoering: | 160 blz, 27 x 21 cm, harde kaft |
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| Illustraties: | 250 z/w- en kleurenfoto's |
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| Taal: | Frans |
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| Uitgever: | ETAI (F, 2019) |
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| ISBN: | 9791028303969 |
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