The Jap Jeep.
Rather unique among the spoils of war was a Japanese equivalent of the jeep which was captured'near Meik-tila in Burma. It was (purchased from its captors by two American Air -Force officers in exchange for a carton of cigarettes. The vehicle is a four wheel drive three— built in 1941, with a maximum speed stated to be 47 m.p.h. and a petrol consumption of nearly 35 miles per gallon. It has rather more graceful lines than those of the utilitarian jeep but its interior accommodation shows much the same austerity. The engine is of the aircooled ”V” twin type.
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Cue (NZERS), Issue 34, 31 October 1945, Page 24
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102The Jap Jeep. Cue (NZERS), Issue 34, 31 October 1945, Page 24
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