A question for those who are great with history

[Slate]

GM built fighter aircraft.

  GM also made some M1's (Upland Division). Allison was bought by GM in 1929 made aircraft and tank parts.

[MiloMorai]

Maytag (washer/dryers) made castings for supercharger compressors.

[j500ss]

If I remember correctly, ( no I did not research it to be sure)  John Deere made transmissions, final drives, and some of the front castings for tanks.  I think Shermans, and maybe 1 or 2 others.

[Maverick]

Remington Rand - Typewriters and 1911's

Singer -  Sewing machines and M1's

Packard - autos and Mustang engines

[Rob52240]

Hyundai...  Well the guy who went on to found Hyundai operated a garage in occupied Korea and since the only people who were operating cars and trucks in occupied Korea were Japanese Military types, he'd rip them off at every opportunity.  

After the war he expanded his company and began building military bases for the Nato forces during the Korean war.

[Reaper90]

Cadillac built the M5 Stuart light tank

Studebaker (technically still in existance, if only on paper, though I read investors have been working on restarting the company and building new cars - but I give that less than a snowball's chance) built radial aircraft engines, for the B-17 among others.

[SmokinLoon]

Remington-Rand, a company that made typewriters and other such office equipment geared up to produce the 1911A1 .45ACP pistol.

There are LOTS of everyday companies that contributed to the war effort.

[Rob52240]

Ford stamped an F on nearly every component of the Jeeps they built.  Most of the nuts and bolts included so that they wouldn't have to warranty any other producer's equipment.

[Xtrepid]

GM built fighter aircraft.

Time Magazine Feb. 1944

Life Magazine Nov. 1942


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[ArcticKat]

Its a Porsche King Tiger

[Pigslilspaz]

Thank you everyone! Keep em coming lol!

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Its a Porsche King Tiger

Best kind of King Tiger

[PFactorDave]

Best kind of King Tiger

Definitely the one you want for picking up chicks!

[saggs]

Interesting bit of historical trivia I learned this week, is that Zeppo Marx of Marx brothers fame, was also an engineer. 

After his comedy career he started a company called Marman Products (which lives on today as Aeroquip) famous for the "Marman clamp" which was the clamp used to hold the atomic bomb "Fat Man" detonated over Nagasaki in the bomb bay of the B-29.  Legend has it that Zeppo himself designed the clamp.

[AHTbolt]

International harvster M5 halftrack. Baldwin locomotive works made tanks

[Karnak]

Nakajima built combat aircraft, now they build cars under their new name, Subaru.
Toyota built vehicles for the Japanese military, now they build civilian vehicles.
Kawanishi rebranded themselves as Shin Meiwa and continued to build flying boats.