During World War Two, many prototypes were already developed for a 1⁄4‑ton jeep, which was still significantly lighter and more compact than the U.S. Army's lightest, all-terrain, all … 展开

• Crosley Farm-O-Road, a 1950 jeep-like, highway-legal utility vehicle that was under ten feet long
• The British Royal Navy equivalent in the same period was to use Citroen 2CV pickup trucks.
• Land Rover … 展开

• AMC M422 at the Internet Movie Cars Database
• Colwell, John. "M422 Mighty Mite Page". vintagemilitarytrucks.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
• "TM 9-2805-217-35 Field and Depot Maintenance Manual: … 展开

To keep the weight low, the M422 became the first U.S. jeep fitted with an aluminum body. At 1,700 pounds (771 kg), it is the lightest conventional U.S. military truck to date. Also, this was the first U.S. small military vehicle designed with independent suspension 展开

• Crismon, Fred W. (2001). US Military Wheeled Vehicles (Third ed.). Victory WWII Publishers. pp. 221–222. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. 展开