Is a Jeep a Peep?

Texas Star · Mar 12, 2011

I'm reading Patton's, War As I Knew It, and he repeatedly refers to his vehicle as a "peep", not a jeep.

What is a peep? It can't be a misprint; he used it too many times.

Thanks,

T-Star

jeffsmith · Mar 12, 2011

'Jeep vs Peep'

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Texas Star · Mar 12, 2011

jeffsmith said:
'Jeep vs Peep'

From Here

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Thanks. I just found that. Looks like it was just another word for the basic Jeep. A larger Dodge command car may have once been called the Jeep. Haven't found a photo of it yet.

DCWilson · Mar 12, 2011

Any truth to the story I heard decades ago that Jeep is short for GP = General Purpose? And Peep short for PP = Personal Purpose?

mkk41 · Mar 12, 2011

Many years ago , I've heard the term Peep used to describe old 2-wheel drive Postal Jeeps.

vrichard · Mar 12, 2011

Armored Div.in WW2 ,a JEEP was called a PEEP and a Dodge Cammand car was a JEEP.
Dick

sipowicz · Mar 12, 2011

In parachute divisions it was called a Leep.

amd6547 · Mar 12, 2011

My father was in an armored cav unit prior to, and during WWII. His unit was one of the first to get jeeps, on a test and evaluate basis.
They called them Peeps, after a comic charactor. They were made by Bantam, before that company was forced out by big detroit.
As far as I know, my father always called the Dodge command car....the Dodge command car.

jeffsmith · Mar 12, 2011

Dodge Command Car Pic

BigG-n-Tn · Mar 12, 2011

sipowicz said:
In parachute divisions it was called a Leep.

LOL. Funny stuff.

Texas Star · Mar 14, 2011

DCWilson said:
Any truth to the story I heard decades ago that Jeep is short for GP = General Purpose? And Peep short for PP = Personal Purpose?

David-

I'd heard that GP story, too, but the research that I've done
this past week said that it isn't so, and that there was even a cartoon character in the 1930's called a Jeep. And some ineffective soldiers were dubbed Jeeps by the others.

Patton was an Armor man, so that probably explains the Peep name, based on what's been posted here.

T-Star

Eltioloco · Mar 14, 2011

My father said that they called the amphibious jeep a Seep and the issue bicycle they called a Creep.

walnutred · Mar 14, 2011

sipowicz said:
In parachute divisions it was called a Leep.

Until the Leeps landed, then they were called Heeps.

Iggy · Mar 14, 2011

The Dodge command car looks like the predecessor of the "Power Wagon" of the late 40's and 50's.
We also had a 3/4 ton version with a water tank in it that we used as a rural fire truck for fighting prairie fires.

We also had a Dodge Weapons carrier of Korean War vintage that was six wheel drive. It came with chains that could be hooked together and almost made it a half track.

tomf52 · Mar 14, 2011

"In parachute divisions it was called a Leep"

In amphibious units was it a "seep" ?

Bat Guano · Mar 14, 2011

My Dad was in the Border Patrol in 1940. He was detailed down to the Clearwater FL area where they had a scare going on about saboteurs being landed from U-Boats. The C

Bat Guano · Mar 14, 2011

...Coast Guard had one of the first Jeeps to run around on the beach with, and of course managed to stick it in the sand. Since I was a bit of a Jeep nut as a kid, he used to enjoy telling the story. Apparently they got it pushrd out before the tide came in. He also drove a Jeep a lot in the ETO so his enthusiasm for four wheeling was minimal in later years.

...This one-handed typing gets a bit erratic at times. Sorry 'bout that.

SquarBut · Jun 11, 2011

Read three issues of the Jeep and Peep comics.

Jeep Comics 3 Issues

calmex · Jun 11, 2011

sipowicz said:
In parachute divisions it was called a Leep.

Parachute Division chaplains rode around in their "Leep of Faith".

Fishslayer · Jun 11, 2011

Peeps are pretty indestructable.
CNN - Scientists: Soft, chewy Peeps nearly indestructible - April 10, 1998

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