DUKW is an American amphibious vehicle used on a large scale during World War II. DUKW was powered by a 6-cylinder carburettor engine with a capacity of 90 HP, it had all-wheel drive, and it moved in the water thanks to a single propeller located at the rear of the vehicle. The first copies were made at the General Motor Company in 1942, and by the end of the war, more than 21,000 were produced. The DUKW was a universal vehicle, with high speed on the road as well as good seaworthiness. Interestingly, it was one of the first to allow the driver to adjust the tire pressure, which made it suitable for both dirt roads and sandy beaches. The Allies used DUKW in all theaters of war and built various weapons on it: from Browning machine guns, through 105mm M2 howitzers, to unguided missiles. The last copies were withdrawn from service only in the 70s. Technical data: length: 9.45m, width: 2.44m, height: 2.69m, weight 6500kg, engine power: 90KM, speed: 80km / h on the road, 10km / h in the water.
M4 Sherman je bio američki srednji tenk iz Drugog svjetskog rata. Prvi prototipovi izgrađeni su 1941. godine, a serijska proizvodnja odvijala se u razdoblju 1942.-1945. Ukupno je stvoreno oko 49.000 primjeraka ovog tenka svih inačica, što ga čini jednim od najproizvođenijih tenkova Drugog svjetskog rata i najvažnijim tenkom u opremi savezničkih vojski tijekom ovog sukoba. M4 Sherman pokretala je jednomotorna verzija M4A1 Continental R 975 C4 sa snagom od 400 KS . Vozilo je bilo naoružano - ovisno o verziji - jednim topom M3 kalibra 75 mm ili topom M1 kalibra 76 mm ili haubicom M4 kalibra 105 mm i dvije mitraljeze Browning1919A kalibra 7,62 mm.
M4 Sherman razvijen je kao nasljednik tenkova M2 i M3, iako je koristio mnoge komponente potonjeg. Prije svega, koristio je samo neznatno izmijenjenu šasiju automobila M3 Lee. Pri projektiranju M4 Shermana naglasak je prvenstveno bio na ulozi vozila za potporu pješaštvu, a ne na borbi protiv neprijateljskih tenkova – to je bila uloga američkih razarača tenkova. Pretpostavljali su se samo mogući sukobi s kolima Pz.Kpfw III i Pz.Kpfw IV. Značajnu ulogu odigrala je i masovna proizvodnja novog tenka i što niži troškovi proizvodnje. Rezultat je bio tenk s dobrim naoružanjem za 1942. i početak 1943., prosječnim oklopom, ali s nagnutom prednjom pločom, ali također s lošom manevarskom sposobnošću i - osobito u prvim inačicama - vrlo osjetljiv na paljbu kao posljedicu udaranja u motorni prostor. U isto vrijeme, međutim, stvoren je tenk koji je mogao biti istinski masovna proizvodnja i imao je značajan potencijal modernizacije. Mnoge razvojne verzije nastale su tijekom serijske proizvodnje M4 Sherman. Kronološki prva je bila verzija M4A1 koja je već imala lijevani oklop. Drugi - M4A2 - imao je zavareni oklop i novi motor General Motors 6460 sa 375-410 KS, ali puno manje sklon paljbi. Pojavila se i verzija M4A3, naoružana haubicom od 105 mm i pogonjena motorom Ford GAA snage 450 KS. Na temelju verzije M4A3 stvorene su dvije podverzije: M4A3E2 Jumbo s pojačanim oklopom i M4A3E8 s HVSS-om i topom od 76 mm. Zanimljiva razvojna verzija bila je i T34 Calliope s postavljenim projektilima koji nisu vođeni na kupoli. M4 Sherman također je isporučen u velikom broju Britancima i Crvenoj armiji. Prvi je na temelju njega razvio verziju Fireflya, sa sjajnim protutenkovskim topom od 17 funti. Tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata tenkovi M4 Sherman borili su se u sjevernoj Africi (1942-1943), Italiji (1943-1945), tijekom bitaka u Normandiji, Francuskoj i Zapadnoj Njemačkoj (1944-1945), ali i na Pacifiku ili u redovima Crvena armija na Istočnom frontu. Nakon Drugog svjetskog rata, M4 Sherman je korišten u mnogim zemljama, uključujući Argentinu, Belgiju, Indiju, Izrael, Japan, Pakistan i Tursku. Također je sudjelovao u mnogim sukobima nakon 1945., uključujući Indijsko-pakistanski rat 1965. i Šestodnevni rat 1967.
Jeep Willys (other names: Willys MB, Jeep) is an American off-road car from the Second World War and the post-war period. The first prototypes of the car were built in 1940, and serial production was carried out in 1940-1945. Nearly 650,000 copies of it were created in its course! The weight of the cart was about 1.1 tons, with a length of 3.36 meters and a width of 1.57 meters. The drive was provided by a single engine with a power of 60 HP. The maximum speed was up to 105 km / h.
The Jeep Willys was developed to order and demanded by the US Army, which in 1940, faced with the war, asked for a completely new 4x4 passenger car with a load capacity of up to 250 kilograms, which could be mass-produced. It is worth adding that initially the American Bantam Car with the Bantam BRC was the clear favorite in the tender. However, the US Department of Defense, striving to ensure the best possible car design and trying to ensure trouble-free series production, handed over the plans for the Bantam BRC to the Willys and Ford plants. Based on these plans, Willys developed a Jeep that had a much better power unit than the original Bantam BRC, as well as being mechanically more perfect. Ultimately, it was this car, the Willys Jeep, that won the tender for the US Army. The presented car was actually mass-produced and went to almost all Anglo-Saxon armies fighting in World War II, and thanks to the Lend-and-Lease program, also to the Soviet Union. He took part in hostilities in North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe and the Pacific. It is often assumed that the Jeep Willys is one of the symbols of American triumph in World War II.