УАЗ-kozel

[Rhino]

Only three companies entered: American Bantam Car Company, Ford Motor Company and Willys-Overland Motors. Though Willys-Overland was the low bidder, Bantam received the bid, being the only company committing to deliver a pilot model in 49 days and production examples in 75. Under the leadership of designer Karl Probst, Bantam built their first prototype, dubbed the "Blitz Buggy" (and in retrospect "Old Number One"), and delivered it to the Army vehicle test center at Camp Holabird, Maryland on September 23, 1940. This presented Army officials with the first of what would eventually evolve into the World War II US Army Jeeps: the Willys MB and Ford GPW.
The Bantam no.1 'Blitz Buggy'

Since Bantam did not have the production capacity or fiscal stability to deliver on the scale needed by the War Department, the other two bidders, Ford and Willys, were encouraged to complete their own pilot models for testing. The contract for the new reconnaissance car was to be determined by trials. As testing of the Bantam prototype took place from September 27 to October 16, Ford and Willys technical representatives present at Holabird were given ample opportunity to study the vehicle's performance. Moreover, in order to expedite production, the War Department forwarded the Bantam blueprints to Ford and Willys, claiming the government owned the design. Bantam did not dispute this move due to its precarious financial situation. By November 1940 Ford and Willys each submitted prototypes to compete with the Bantam in the Army's trials. The pilot models, the Willys Quad and the Ford Pygmy, turned out very similar to each other and were joined in testing by Bantam's entry, now evolved into a Mark II called the BRC 60. By then the US and its armed forces were already under such pressure that all three cars were declared acceptable and orders for 1500 units per company were given for field testing. At this time it was acknowledged the original weight limit (which Bantam had ignored) was unrealistic, and it was raised to 2160 lb (980 kg).

For these respective pre-production runs, each vehicle received revisions and a new name. Bantam's became the BRC 40, and the company ceased motor vehicle production after the last one was built in December 1941. After losing 240 pounds of weight, Willys' changed the designation to "MA" for "Military" model "A". The Fords went into production as "GP", with "G" for a "Government" type contract and "P" commonly used by Ford to designate any passenger car with a wheelbase of 80 inches.[3]
Willys MA jeep at the Desert Training Center, Indio, CA, June 1942

By July 1941, the War Department desired to standardize and decided to select a single manufacturer to supply them with the next order for another 16,000 vehicles. Willys won the contract mostly due to its more powerful engine (the "Go Devil") which soldiers raved about, and its lower cost and silhouette. Whatever better design features the Bantam and Ford entries had were then incorporated into the Willys car, moving it from an "A" designation to "B", thus the "MB" nomenclature.

By October 1941, it became apparent Willys-Overland could not keep up with production demand and Ford was contracted to produce them as well. The Ford car was then designated GPW, with the "W" referring to the "Willys" licensed design. During World War II, Willys produced 363,000 Jeeps and Ford some 280,000. Approximately 51,000 were exported to the USSR under the Lend-Lease program.

[Rhino]

Собственно из 4 абзаца и следует, что Виллис уделал Форд )

[Евгений]

А из второго следует, что прародителем был Bantam, а остальные списывали.
Я к сожалению не нашел цитату, но по словам автора, компоновка была взята от Bantam, ходовая Ford, двигатель Willis. А по внешнему виду, Ford первый предложил класическую радиаторную решетку, Willis - классические крылья. Вообщем, концов не найдешь. Но как бы там не было, GP - это фордовская абривиатура. И еще, именно Ford первый вписался в лимит по весу, как раз из-за мостов и ходовой. И еще есть такая тема, что руководство Форда было очень пацифично настроено, поэтому они особо не парились, их буквально заставили производить GPW.

[HORHE]

Вот для общего развития,об отличиях форда и виллиса http://www.g503.ru/info/article_info.php?articles_id=16

Табличка от моего форда...

[Сочувствующий]

Причем тут форд? Форд как раз слил тендер.
А JPW это вообще абревиатура проекта - причем пишется по другому, а General Purpose Vehicle. Общего Назначения Машыно.
Типа как HMMWV - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.

Когда американцы начали поставлять джипы(во времена ВОВ) они назывались JPW и переводилось Специального назначения Тип Вилис (General Purpose Willis)

[EJZ]

Так написано же выше: "The Fords went into production as "GP", with "G" for a "Government" type contract and "P" commonly used by Ford to designate any passenger car with a wheelbase of 80 inches."
И далее: "The Ford car was then designated GPW, with the "W" referring to the "Willys" licensed design."
Касательно УАЗа: при разработке ГАЗ-67 Willys использовался в качестве прототипа - отсюда и различия, причем если вдумчиво к ним приглядеться - в лучшую сторону. ГАЗ-69 - его развитие, при этом большинство этих машин произведено на Ульяновском заводе(без изменения названия модели), а вот собственную разработку на основе ГАЗ-69(и ЛР Дефендер между прочим) назвали уже УАЗ(УАЗ-469). Так что они с Рэнгом все-таки "родственники" по большому счету
Кстати - "Козел" - это ГАЗ-67("хочу быть Виллисом", как его называли в армии - по словам моего отца), у ГАЗ-69 подвеска уже значительно мягче, а УАЗ-469 вообще только "по наследству" иногда так называют, хотя на редукторных мостах с "военными" же рессорами(там на 2 листа больше, чем в "гражданской" версии) жестковато без полной загрузки