How to build LEGO MOC WW2 WILLYS JEEP MB Military US Army Vehicle
The Jeep legend began in November 1940, in the early days of WW II, just a year before the United States entered the battle. A small, four-wheel drive prototype, the Willys “Quad”, was delivered to the US Army. It featured the Willys “Go-Devil” engine, developed by Delmar “Barney” Roos. With 60 horsepower and 105 foot-pounds of torque it not only exceeded the Army’s requirement, but dwarfed the Bantam’s 83 and Ford’s 85 pound-feet of torque, it’s only competitors for the military contract. The Quad was the father of the MB, CJ series, and Wrangler. Willys refined the Quad and built 1,500 units of the Willys MA model, many of which were used in WWII.

From 1941 to 1945 Willys produced the MB model, the original go-anywhere, do-anything vehicle, which came to be known by its nickname, “Jeep”. Made famous during WWII, Willys produced over 300,000 MB vehicles. Jeeps were heavily used by every division of the American military, with 144 Jeeps provided to every infantry regiment in the U.S. Army. Large numbers of Jeeps were shipped to the Allied Forces of Britain and Russia: nearly 30% of total Jeep production.