During the Second World War, Ford Motor Company of Canada produced some 335,000 vehicles for defence of nearly 817,000 vehicles manufactured by Canada.
Ford, 1500-weight truck military pattern. Shown is a Ford F15 (4×2). Urgent vehicle manufacturing was needed and North American automakers stepped up to help. Ford Canada had a particular advantage, as it had already been addressing Britain’s military vehicular needs for nearly a decade prior. In 1940, Ford and General Motors of Canada began producing the CMP, a standardized heavy truck model that was compliant with the British Army. These Ford models were the basis for the DND pattern (later known as Canadian Military Pattern or CMP) vehicles in service.
The Willys MC (Jeep), formally the 1⁄4-Ton, 4 x 4, Utility Truck M38, is a quarter-ton four-wheel drive military light utility vehicle made by Willys between 1949 and 1952. It replaced and succeeded the Second World War Willys MB and Ford GPW models, with a total production of some 50,000 units. The M38 was a military version. Some M38 jeeps served in the Korean theatre of operations, but most units used there were remanufactured Second World War jeeps. Ford of Canada manufactured approximately 2,300 M38 Jeeps for the Canadian military in 1952, designated the M38-CDN jeep. The M38 Willys MC was succeeded by the M38A1 Willys MD in 1952.