What, no Studebaker trucks? Studebakers were beloved by the Russians due to Lend-Lease, and many became or were copied into becoming Katyushas. If you look really closely at many late 40's/early 50's utility vehicles, you can see the Yankee-made bloodline running close to the surface--the UAZ was a quick knock-off of the Willys Jeep, the BRDM-1 was a beefed-up clone of the GPA "SEEP" amphibious Jeep (unloved by the Allies, adored by the Soviets), many of the Deuce-and-a-Halfski trucks look like Studebakers, and the 4-wheeled M3 White Scout car, many of which made the Lend-Lease route, evolved into a 6-wheeled Soviet armored transport--BTR-152, Let's not forgetthe the Soviet Bear bomber was reverse-engineered from a B-29 that made a forced landing flying over Russian territory.
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"Let's roll." Todd Beamer, aboard United Flight 93 over western Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001.
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