The French Army’s licence-built Willys MB: 27,628 built by Hotchkiss at Saint-Denis and Stains from 1955 to 1966, 24-volt from 1961, in service into the 1990s.
BASE VEHICLEWillys MB / Ford GPWBUILT BYHotchkissIN SERVICE1955–66OPERATED INFrancePRODUCTION27,628LAYOUT4 wheels · 80″
The record
Hotchkiss rebuilt wartime MBs for the French Army from 1947 and took a licence to build new ones as the JH-101 in 1952 and the M201 from 1955. The M201 kept the MB’s body and engine with a 24-volt electrical system from 1961 and a 106 mm recoilless-rifle carrier version. The French Army ran it until the Peugeot P4 replaced it from 1981, and the last were sold off in the 1990s.
ENGINE2.2-litre Hotchkiss-built Go Devil four, 60 hp
PRODUCTION RUN27,628
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEWillys MB / Ford GPW
FAMILYWillys MB / Ford GPW
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE80″
CATEGORYMilitary · France
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