Jeeps

[GTX]

HJi folks,

We have threads to flying ones and amphibious ones, but what about the standard Jeep?

Here are some that bite:





Regards,

Greg

[Jschmus]

MG-toting jeeps are to be expected, but the mortar jeep looks interesting, and the rocket platforms are off the chain.  I think the 107mm mortar's a little heavy for easy shoot-and-scoot mortaring, but if one could put together a decent battery and coordinate them, I imagine they'd pack quite a punch.

[jcf]

37mm Gun Motor Carriage T14 built on 6 X 6 Jeep chassis.

[dy031101]

Very innovative.  I especially like the artillery jeeps (well countering amphibious landings used to be all the rage where I came from...... if the cheaper and lighter jeeps can be used to bring in more artillery to unleash on the beachead...... um......) !

[Mossie]

Some tracked versions, more on the tracked Jeeps here:
Tracked Jeeps on Google Books
Jeep Halftracks

O'Laughlin tracked Jeep:


T-28 Halftrack, there were several similar versions:


Willys W-TC Tractor Jeep (later Tracked Jeep), tractor version using many Jeep components:


Willys WJ, armoured tracked vehicle using Jeep components:

[rickshaw]

My father who worked at Woomera described to me several special jeeps they used there.  They'd added B-29 Washington mainwheels to them to allow them to cross salt pans which abound in central Oz.  Apparently they were a great drive but dangerous because of the higher centre of gravity.

[Logan Hartke]

Like these?





The first one isn't a Jeep, but it does appear to maybe have B-29 wheels.  The second appears to be a Jeep (or part Jeep) but doesn't appear to have B-29 wheels.  Both apparently from Woomera.

Cheers,

Logan

[royabulgaf]

That first photo, the grille looks vaguely like a post-WWII Austin vehicle that was in the Jeep/Landrover class.

[Mossie]

It's the Austin Champ you're thinking of, although I'm pretty sure the pic is of a Series I Landrover.

[thedarkmaster]

Got to agree with Mossie that it's an early landrover

[rickshaw]

Like these?





The first one isn't a Jeep, but it does appear to maybe have B-29 wheels.  The second appears to be a Jeep (or part Jeep) but doesn't appear to have B-29 wheels.  Both apparently from Woomera.

Cheers,

Logan

No doubt similar but as has been mentioned the first is definitely a Landrover and I suspect the second is well.  What my father described was more akin, literally to a Willies' Jeep fitted with extended axles and B-29 mainwheels.

As he was amongst the first to arrive at Woomera and was engaged in setting the Range and Village up (he held Security Pass #3 and was engaged as a Project Manager to organise and build the project), he was there in 1948 well before Landrovers had arrived in Australia.

[Logan Hartke]

Very pretty take on a Kaiser, which I'm normally not a huge fan of.



Jalopnik: The Jeep Crew Chief Is What Happens When A Wrangler And An Army Surplus Store Have A Baby

Cheers,

Logan

[ysi_maniac]

Two ways to stretch a soviet Jeep.

[NARSES2]

Six wheeler is excellent 

Can see that with something like a Renault UE's running gear instead of the rear wheels ? Or perhaps a Bren Carrier's ? Captured by the German's in France and then "liberated" by the Soviet's in 1943 ?

[ysi_maniac]

I love proper windows in AFVs