This defense contractor received medals of
accomplishment for the design of the proximity fuse,
radio equipment, vehicles (a jeep competitor) (a
weasel competitor), refrigeration equipment, and
before the war had a car design that could compete
with today's economy cars.
Joe F.
--- Steve Malikoff MV list account
<44gpw@phaedra.apana.org.au> wrote:
> Jim and Todd's postings about the design of the jeep
> are very interesting,
> and I look foward to more from them. Let the clash
> of the titans continue!
>
> A few years ago our WW2 jeep club newsletter ran an
> article on the possible
> origin of the jeep body, which I have summarised
> here. The conclusion was
> that since Bantam was in such a hurry to meet the
> deadline, there was no
> time for inventive body design.
> The author goes on that if the US Army didn't design
> it, nor Willys or
> Ford, then where did it come from?
> He subsequently found a possible answer in 'An
> Illustrated History of
> Military Vehicles' by Hogg and Weeks. Therein is a
> picture of the Rheinmetall
> half armoured anti-ballon car of 1909. Rheinmetall
> were originally known as
> Rheinische Metalwaren Maschinenfabrik of Germany.
>
> Here's the picture:
> http://phaedra.apana.org.au/pictures/tmp/ha_car.jpg
>
> The original is fairly dark so it's not very clear,
> but you can see the
> familiar body shape and layout of the gun pedestal
> that any jeep person
> would recognise. Note the shape of the seats!
>
> Steve Malikoff.
> steven@phaedra.apana.org.au
>
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