Willys FAMAE Corvo

Corvo
Overview
Manufacturer	FAMAE / Willys
Production	2 (one confirmed)
Body and chassis
Class	Fast Attack Vehicle / Reconnaissance
Related	Willys MB
Chronology
Successor	Vespek Land Rover Toqui A-2 (as a Chilean made jeep)

The Willys FAMAE Corvo was a prototype off-road multipurpose vehicle intended for use with the Chilean Armed Forces. Its chassis was from a Willys MB and was capable of carrying various types of mounted weapons, such as a 106mm recoilless anti-tank launcher.

It was designed in 1977 by Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército (FAMAE), to address the shortage of military equipment in Chile, caused by the Kennedy Doctrine. A single prototype was confirmed to have been produced (another was tested in another place by the Armada), which underwent trials in desert conditions for several months. It was eventually forgotten in a barn for many years.

Sales engineer René Inostroza acquired and restored it. It has since been offered for sale for 2.5 million pesos.

• Ñandú (jeep)
• IAME Rastrojero
• Citroën Yagan, a Chilean version of the Mehari. It was intended to use it in the Army, after the coup d'état
• MOWAG Piranha, an armored vehicle produced under license in Chile, also under FAMAE during the military government of Pinochet

• [1] Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine

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