Jeeps

It builds on the nation’s historical popular adoption of militarized personnel vehicles, such as the civilian consumption of Jeeps and Hummers.

Jeeps came into civilian use after their deployment in World War II, and Hummers were the civilian adaptation of Humvees featured in American wars in the second half of the 20th century.

Combs would regularly bring "random women" there to party, turning up with an entourage of dozens of people in "three white jeeps, with white rims and white leather seats", they say.

When Donald Trump sat with world leaders in Paris last weekend to marvel at the restored Notre Dame cathedral, armed Islamist fighters in Syria were in jeeps on the road to Damascus finalising the fall of the Assad regime.

As we neared the capital we could see signs of an army in retreat – military jeeps and tanks, abandoned.