Ford GPA in the Red Army (WW2)

“...Ford GPA, ¼-ton, 4x4, Amphibian The GPA achieved its greatest popularity during the war in the East, as 3,500 out of the 12,000 produced from 1942 until 1943 were provided to the Soviet Union through Lend-Lease. Developed by Marmon-Herrington and based on the lengthened chassis of the GPW, the Seep as it was soon called proved to be too heavy on land and too small on the water, at least in western eyes, and therefore saw its only serious western use at the Sicily landing in July, 1943, at which ti