They look like an extra-large version of the World War Two jeep, but enclosed, with small blast-proof windows, a protected machine gun position on top and a variety of high-tech gear inside and out.
VOA: standard.2009.11.02
As a kid in the early 1950s, he pedaled around in a toy replica of a World War II jeep.
The versatile light truck was supposed to provide the latest successor to the ubiquitous jeep used by U.S. troops during World War Two, but it has turned into a case study in unhealthy procurement practices, so emergency surgery was necessary.