The Jeep is American in origin. The Germans used the Kubelwagen (as Bobert noted earlier...it closely resembled the Volkswagen "Thing"...but sometimes was mounted with a flexible machine gun). It's sort of similar to a jeep in concept. And the Germans also used the early Volkswagen bug as a personnel car for chaufferring officers around. There were numerous French and German civilian autos used for the latter purpose, often repainted in military colours and insignia.