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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origin of the term "jeep"=== | ===Origin of the term "jeep"=== | ||
There are many explanations of the origin of the word "jeep," all of which have proven difficult to verify. Probably the most popular notion holds that the vehicle bore the designation "GP" (for "Government Purposes" or "General Purpose"), which was phonetically slurred into the word ''jeep.'' However, [[R. Lee Ermey]], on his television series ''[[Mail Call]],'' disputes this, saying that the vehicle was designed for specific duties, was never referred to as "General Purpose," and that the name may have been derived from Ford's nomenclature referring to the vehicle as GP (G for government use, and P to designate its {{convert|80|in|mm|sing=on}} [[wheelbase]]). "GP" does appear in connection with the vehicle in the TM 9-803 manual, which describes the vehicle as a machine, and the vehicle is designated a "GP" in TM 9-2800, Standard Motor Vehicles, September 1, 1949, but whether the average jeep-driving [[GI (term)|GI]] would have been familiar with either of these manuals is open to debate. | There are many explanations of the origin of the word "jeep," all of which have proven difficult to verify. Probably the most popular notion holds that the vehicle bore the designation "GP" (for "Government Purposes" or "General Purpose"), which was phonetically slurred into the word ''jeep.'' However, [[R. Lee Ermey]], on his television series ''[[Mail Call]],'' disputes this, saying that the vehicle was designed for specific duties, was never referred to as "General Purpose," and that the name may have been derived from Ford's nomenclature referring to the vehicle as GP (G for government use, and P to designate its {{convert|80|in|mm|sing=on}} [[wheelbase]]). "GP" does appear in connection with the vehicle in the TM 9-803 manual, which describes the vehicle as a machine, and the vehicle is designated a "GP" in TM 9-2800, Standard Motor Vehicles, September 1, 1949, but whether the average jeep-driving [[GI (term)|GI]] would have been familiar with either of these manuals is open to debate. | ||
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==Off-Road abilities== | ==Off-Road abilities== | ||
[[Image:Rockcrawling.JPG|thumb|right|Jeep Wrangler; note the solid front axle.]] | [[Image:Rockcrawling.JPG|thumb|right|Jeep Wrangler; note the solid front axle.]] | ||
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[[Category:Industrial design examples]] | [[Category:Industrial design examples]] | ||
[[simple:Jeep]] | [[simple:Jeep]] | ||