fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode:muramasa309:fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode:Toyota Ak-10 Jeep. Only 2 prototypes w
fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode:muramasa309:fujisan-ni-noboru-hinode:Toyota Ak-10 Jeep. Only 2 prototypes were produced, none surviving. 太平洋戦争中、日本陸軍がフィリピン作戦にて米軍のジープ バンタムMk II（BRC-60）を鹵獲、内地に持ち帰る。これをコピーするようトヨタ自動車に命じ、1944年8月にトヨタ呼称AK10型として試作車5台が出揃い、御殿場で試験された。その結果、陸軍・四式小型貨物車として制式採用されるが、極度の資材欠乏と労働力低下から生産が間に合わず、米軍のジープのような活躍の記録はない。また、このAK10型と戦後のトヨタ・ジープ、のちのランドクルーザーとは設計面でのつながりも一切ない。@muramasa309 said: “During the early Pacific War, the Imperial Japanese Army captured a US military Bantam Mk II Jeep (Willys MB / BRC - 60) during the invasion of the Philippines (‘41- early ‘42) and sent it back to Japan. After testing, in order to produce an equivalent Japanese counterpart, Toyota was ordered by the department of the Army to work on a prototype program, and in August, 1944, it is believed that up to five prototype vehicles were registered under the designation AK-10, and tested at the Gotemba testing grounds. As a result of the developments, although it was adopted as an official military utility/small freight vehicle, a production line run was never made possible due to extreme material deficiency and labor power reductions, and therefore, the Japanese never truly had a general military utility vehicle like the US jeep. Also, it should be noted that postwar Toyota Jeep designs, and later their Land Cruiser, has no connection in terms of design to the wartime Ak-10.” -- source link