| Full Name | G-503 Truck, 1⁄4-ton, 4×4, command Reconnaissance |
| Class | Light Vehicle |
| Movement | 8 |
| Armor Value | 0 |
| Vs Infantry (RNG / FPR) | 0/0 |
| Vs Vehicle (RNG / FPR) | 0/0 |
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| Period | 1941-1945 |
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The iconic American general-purpose four-wheel-drive utility vehicle evolved out of a collaboration between the Ford, Bantam, and Willys-Overland automobile companies in 1940, when the U.S. military recognized it would likely soon be involved in the war in Europe. Ford and Willys-Overland produced about 640,000 Jeeps during World War II, accounting for approximately 18% of all the wheeled military vehicles built in the U.S. during this time. As part of the war effort, nearly 30% of all Jeep production was supplied to Great Britain and the Soviet Red Army. Every service of the U.S. military used Jeeps, and for many purposes, including cable laying, sawmilling, firefighting pumpers, field ambulances, tractors; with suitable wheels they were also made to run on railway tracks. The type had a maximum speed of 60 mph. Ford built an amphibious variant, the model GPA, or ""seep"" (Sea Jeep), in modest numbers, but it was neither a good off-road vehicle nor a good boat.