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Jeep: Το όχημα που άλλαξε την ιστορία έγινε 75 ετών

Jeep: Το όχημα που άλλαξε την ιστορία έγινε 75 ετών
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UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 12: Airmen who crash in remote mountainous districts in Britain, inaccessible to other rescue parties, are saved by the Mountain Rescue Services of the RAF Several stations of Flying Training Command now possess these rescue services, which have proved their worth in the short time they have been in operation. Each unit has a powerful four-wheel drive ambulance carrying medical and rescue equipment, and a wireless set which keeps contact with the searching aircraft, base station and searching party, whose members carry portable radio sets known as 'Walkie-Talkies. A 'Jeep acts as tender to the ambulance. When a crash is located the position of the aircraft is notified to the unit by wireless, and the ambulance proceeds as far as possible to the scene, the Jeep pushing on when it has to stop. It is often necessary for the rescue party, trained in mountaineering, to continue on foot. A unit which operates in the mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales, where this series of pictures was made, have as medical officer Flt.Lt. George Desmond Graham, a skilled mountaineer whose work for the RAF Mountain Rescue Service has been recognised by the award of the MBE He has gone to over a dozen crashes at heights up to 3,000 feet, and of 12 men rescued 11 have recovered. (Photo by Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)
UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 12: Airmen who crash in remote mountainous districts in Britain, inaccessible to other rescue parties, are saved by the Mountain Rescue Services of the RAF Several stations of Flying Training Command now possess these rescue services, which have proved their worth in the short time they have been in operation. Each unit has a powerful four-wheel drive ambulance carrying medical and rescue equipment, and a wireless set which keeps contact with the searching aircraft, base station and searching party, whose members carry portable radio sets known as 'Walkie-Talkies. A 'Jeep acts as tender to the ambulance. When a crash is located the position of the aircraft is notified to the unit by wireless, and the ambulance proceeds as far as possible to the scene, the Jeep pushing on when it has to stop. It is often necessary for the rescue party, trained in mountaineering, to continue on foot. A unit which operates in the mountains of Snowdonia, North Wales, where this series of pictures was made, have as medical officer Flt.Lt. George Desmond Graham, a skilled mountaineer whose work for the RAF Mountain Rescue Service has been recognised by the award of the MBE He has gone to over a dozen crashes at heights up to 3,000 feet, and of 12 men rescued 11 have recovered. (Photo by Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images)
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Είναι δύσκολο να το πιστέψει κανείς, αλλά το εμβληματικό Αμερικάνικο 4x4 έγινε 75 ετών.

Ήταν στις 7 Απριλίου 1942, όταν το Γραφείο Διπλωμάτων Ευρεσιτεχνίας των ΗΠΑ απένειμε ένα δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας σε ένα στρατιωτικό όχημα που αργότερα θα γίνει γνωστό ως το Jeep.

Το ανθεκτικό τετρακίνητο αυτοκίνητο, με μεγάλη ιπποδύναμη, χωρίς οροφή και πόρτες, έγραψε ιστορία στα πεδία των μαχών από τον Β' Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο και μετά.

Το όνομα του Jeep είναι ένα άλυτο μυστήριο, αναφέρει το Mashable. Μία εξήγηση είναι ότι προέρχεται από μια παραφθορά των αρχικών γραμμάτων των λέξεων General Purpose, που σημαίνουν Γενική Χρήση. Μία άλλη θεωρία, πιο πειστική για πολλούς, αναφέρει ότι η λέξη Jeep προέρχεται από τον ήρωα κινουμένων σχεδίων Eugene the Jeep, που διασχίζει τοίχους, σκαρφαλώνει σε ταβάνια και πετάει. Είναι μια φιγούρα από τον Ποπάι, που ταιριάζει, όπως λένε, απόλυτα με τον χαρακτήρα του οχήματος.

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