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Jeep Model MB
Society: ASME Main Category: Mechanical, Road Sub Category: Road Transportation Era: 1940-1949 DateCreated: 1947 Jeep House Toledo State: OH Zip: Country: USA Website: http://www.asme.org/about-asme/history/landmarks/topics-m-z/road-and-off-road-transportation/-152-jeep-model-mb-%281947%29, https://www.asme.org/getmedia/4a0140bc-eb23-4e7a-837e-8fa5fe675075/152-Jeep-Model-MB-1947.aspx Creator: Willys-Overland Motors

Although not the first four-wheel-drive vehicle or the first designed for rough, multipurpose field use, the Jeep MB was built as an unusual combination of these and other features of modern vehicle design in the World War II era.

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1991
Image Credit: Public Domain (United States Army) Image Caption: Jeep Model MB Era_date_from: 1947
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Jeep Model MB

Although not the first four-wheel-drive vehicle or the first designed for rough, multipurpose field use, the Jeep MB was built as an unusual combination of these and other features of modern vehicle design in the World War II era.

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