The 1940 Ford Pilot Model GP-No . 1, also known as the Pygmy, is significant based on three out of four of the Criteria for Historic Significance.
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Though Willys-Overland was the low bidder, Bantam received the bid, being the only company committing to deliver a pilot model in 49 days and production examples in 75.
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By the time the first pilot model was midway into being completed, the project was canceled since the army disliked the high superstructure, nose weight, and nearly vertical armor.
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The 1940 Ford Pilot Model GP-No . 1 Pygmy is currently owned by the U . S . Veterans Memorial Museum in Huntsville, AL where it is on display.
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Steyr-Daimler-Puch, once owned by the Reichswerke, and controlled by the U . S . Army, became a pilot model for the private modernization advocated by Mark W . Clark.
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Army Ground Forces command, however, objected to the deployment of such heavy vehicles and the war ended before the issue was resolved, so only a small batch of pilot models were constructed.
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The "'Cruiser tank Mk V "'or "'A13 Mk III Covenanter "'was a British cruiser tank of the Cruiser Mark IV, it was ordered into production in 1939 before pilot models were built.
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A pilot model was not delivered to the UK by 1944 by which time the British Churchill tank had been in service for two years and greatly improved over its initial model.
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The contracts were placed with the manufacturers in 1939 . The pilot model ( with welded hull ) was tested with a favourable outcome in 1940; though the second pilot had cooling issues.
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At the onset, only American Bantam submitted plans and a prototype considered a pilot model . American Bantam delivered the first prototype to Camp Holabird in Baltimore, Maryland on 23 September 1940.
