Army Jeep film from 1943

http://www.tvraaca.org/jeepi.htm

 

Very Cool. Thanks for posting

 

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Cool video. Those guys really beat the cr*p out of their jeeps!

 

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Thanks....this was some cool footage. I like when the narrator says something to the effect "that they do everything they are asked to do.....even moving out at 70mph! Ha!! .....maybe freewheeling in neutral straight down the side of a mountain

 

was cool to see the early BRCs mixed in with the "newer" jeeps....yeah and 70mph??? with a tail wind and sail....awesome footage

 

I couldn't view it on my iPad for some reason, so I tracked down a YouTube link of the same movie. (I've added it to my Favorites folder because I know I'm going to want to watch it again. Awesome!)

Love the guy doing what looks like a four foot "wheelie" at the 5:19 mark. Whoa boy.

https://youtu.be/dw-6eV93_9Q?list=FL3OCXV6TsmlJy9zzCoWHinA

 

One of my favorites too. The wheelie....gads....with no roll bar.....it makes me wonder how many soldiers we lost from roll-overs! The flimsy windshield frame on the CJ2/MB/GPW would not help you at all either if it rolled.....

 

Awesome clip......beating the crap outta of em for sure. Wouldn't want to be any of those guys testing the airborne portion.

 

Good stuff...

 

An old video but I don't remember my father being as happy as when he drove the MB around town. The can of Coors may have been part ot it.