Italeri 6351 - 1/24 Willys Jeep With M2 Machine Gun 吉普  [IT-6351S]

In 1940, after World War II had broken away, the united states general staff ordered different factories to develop a light multi-purpose automobile with all-wheel drive. The United states Bantam business, Willys Overland, and Ford Motor Co. competed with every other.Willys prototype had been selected, which, after a preliminary run of 1500 cars, went into mass production at the beginning of 1941 and reached an overall total output of 640.000 units away from which 277.000 pieces were made by Ford under a licensing contract. This suggests that the Jeep had been the most commonly produced light car regarding the war industry during World War II.