Attention Military Geeks: This Month's Puzzle Is For You!
OK, so it's for the rest of you, too. Test your knowledge about the whos and whats of the era-everything from the way stuff was built and how the Jeep came to be to the bigwigs of the day. The answers are on page 72. But you don't need them, right? Right.
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3. Bantams and Fords went to Great Britain and here for lend-lease program. Home of Siberia
7. W-O is short for this; two words
8. New name of MB in 1942, ___________ Grille, or postage'd
10. Bantam designer, same last name as Survivor host
11. What most Slat Grille Jeeps are with-out, or where you keep your 9mm
12. BRC-40 prototype was built by this company
14. The ________ never sets on the Willys-built Jeep
15. First automaker to do total military production, and what spiders may give you
17. Stalin called WWII the "war of _____________", or another word for engines
19. Number of seats required by the army on prototype spec list
20. Ford's amphibious Jeep, initials
21. Popeye character that some say the Jeep is named after
23. Another name for the Jeep, also marshmallow Easter candy
26. Willys front crossmember differs from Ford's. The Willys' is this shape
28. Willys' "Go" engine
29. W-O chief designer, the same first name as Fred Flinstone's BFF
31. Drab color of military Jeeps
33. Number of slots on Stamped Grille Jeep
34. Bantam vehicle called Blitz ________
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1. Bantam, Willys, and this company responded to the military-vehicle need
2. W-O prototype
4. A 6x6 3/4-ton was called a ___________ Jeep, or the other half of duper
5. Four Jills in a Jeep was a USO movie, radio show or war alias
6. Engine in Bantam prototype, also a type of breakfast
8. Original name of MB, _________ Grille
9. General George who rode in a Jeep
11 Most recognizable feature on a Jeep
13. The army wanted this to be no more than 75 inches
16. Russian dictator during WWII
18. One U.S. president during WWII
22. Jeep knockoffs Schwimmwagen and Kubelwagen built by this country
23. GP stands for General ______________
24. Quad designation, also your mother
25. Ford prototype, also something small
27. This one got the army contract
30. GPA's nickname or something you do with tea
32. The MA later became this
35. Name of Pygmy 2.0