However, and unlike the Jeep, the Jeep BJ had no low-range transfer case. It had a part-time four-wheel drive system like the Jeep. Jeep and more powerful courtesy of its Type B 3.4-litre six-cylinder OHV Four-stroke petrol engine which generated a power output of 63 kW (84 hp 85 PS) at 3,600 rpm and 215 N⋅m (159 lb⋅ft) of torque at 1,600 rpm. The Jeep BJ was larger than the original U.S.
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This came from the demand for military-type utility vehicles, much like the British Land Rover Series 1 that was developed in 1948. The Toyota "Jeep" BJ prototype was developed in January 1951. The United States government ordered 100 vehicles with the then-new Willys specifications and tasked Toyota to manufacture them. In 1950, the Korean War created demand for a military light utility vehicle. Off-road oriented models BJ and FJ (1951) However, a lot of lessons learned while developing the AK10 were applied when developing the BJ. The postwar Toyota "Jeep" BJ is completely different from the AK10 and inherits no mechanical parts from it. In June 1954, responding to claims of trademark violation by the Willys Company that produced the original Jeep, then Director of Technology Hanji Umehara renamed the vehicle "Land Cruiser." Jeep, the AK10 had limited use and photographs of it in the battlefield are rare.
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The AK10 is powered by the 2,259 cc (2.3 L), 4-cylinder Type C engine from the Toyota Model AE sedan coupled to a three-speed manual transmission and a two-speed transfer gearbox. The half-ton truck features an upright front grille, flat front wheel arches that angled down and back like the FJ40, headlights mounted above the wheel arches on either side of the radiator, and a folding windshield. In 1942, Toyota developed the AK10 prototype by reverse-engineering a Bantam GP. Later in 1941, the Japanese government instructed Toyota to produce a light truck for Japan's military. The resulting Model AK prototype led to the Yon-Shiki Kogata Kamotsu-Sha ( 四式 小型 貨物 車 type 4 compact cargo-truck). The Japanese military authorities ordered Toyota to produce a similar vehicle but to alter the appearance. When the Imperial Japanese Army occupied the Philippines in 1941, they found an American Willys MB Jeep and promptly sent it to Japan. The Imperial Army had been using the Kurogane Type 95 four wheel drive reconnaissance car starting in 1936.