The body structure is non-bearing, and the frame and body can be assembled separately. Relatively simple, the car body can be placed on the frame. Off-road vehicles are not designed for high-speed driving, mainly in hormones. Cross-country crawling, torque is more important than power. Because it is used for fighting, it will be knocked out at every turn, which consumes faster and needs rapid mass production, so the configuration can be as simple as possible, not to mention operability and comfort.
It is generally recognized that the originator of off-road vehicles is a multi-purpose off-road vehicle developed by Venice Automobile Company of the United States in 1940. Its name is Venice, which is mainly used for communication reconnaissance and command. The structure of Venice is very simple. There are almost no parts that have nothing to do with driving, the windshield, and you can lean forward. The whole car has no doors, so soldiers can get on and off quickly.
Because this car is very similar to a bird named Jeep in the cartoon created by American cartoonist poem in 1937, American soldiers also call this off-road vehicle Jeep. Because of its strong elements of war, its tough style has been liked by many people. Nowadays, among the brands that perfectly inherit the Venice lineage, only herdsman has guaranteed the pure cross-country lineage, bold front face, double round headlights, seven-hole radiator grille, wide wheel eyebrows, detachable doors and roofs, and even some other styles from our modern aesthetic point of view.
The development of off-road vehicles in China is a little late. The earliest off-road vehicles were acquired through war. Until 1958, Chang 'an Machinery Factory took Venice as the basic point, connected one by one, and repeatedly surveyed and imitated it. Finally, the first prototype was assembled. Named Changjiang 46, this car is equipped with a 2.2-liter inline four-cylinder engine, with a maximum speed of 1958.
Later, relations with the Soviet Union became stiff. In order to meet the needs of national defense construction, Beijing Automobile Factory has taken on the historical responsibility of independently producing light military off-road vehicles. 12 was successfully developed in 1966, and officially went offline after passing the acceptance. Its power system is equipped with a 2.5-liter direct-operated four-cylinder engine with the highest power of 75 HP.
At the same time, it is also one of the longest automobile production models in China. Not much has changed in the past half century. It was not until these two years that the update began again. It also made many of us realize that the cars driven by our fathers, the earliest off-road vehicles, appeared as munitions and repeatedly went to the battlefield. In the hail of bullets, there are countless underground exploits. In many movies, we often see the figure of off-road vehicles, and in many people's lives.