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Pages in category "Armored cars of the United States" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The T17 armored car, sometimes referred to as the M5 medium armored car and by the British as the Deerhound, was an American six-wheeled armored car produced during the Second World War. The T17 lost out to the T17E design for British use but 250 vehicles were produced as a stopgap for the United States Army until their preferred design, the M8 ...
Non-military armoured vehicles (or paramilitary armoured vehicles if used by a paramilitary) are armoured vehicles used outside professional armed forces. While primarily invented and used for defense/internal conflicts from an equally well armed organized force, armour technology has found a number of other uses outside of this military context.
1942 T24 Scout Car – MT-based armored car. Although it performed well in trials, the T24 was abandoned in favor of the M8 and M20 Light Armored Car. 1942–1943 Ford GTB 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton 4x4 'Burma Jeep' 1942–1945 Willys MB (stamped grille) 1942–1945 Ford GPW; 1943 Willys T28 – half-track based on the MT
M104 Wolverine (armored bridge layer) M9 armored combat earthmover; M60A1 armored vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) M88 recovery vehicle; M728 combat engineer vehicle (CEV) M981 FISTV; M93 Fox NBCRS (nuclear–biological–chemical reconnaissance system)
There are a variety of armoring standards [7] [8] which relate to non-military armored vehicles, the most common are: . Ballistics Rating (BR): This is a European standard which certifies the materials used both transparent (BR - DIN EN 1063) and opaque (FB - DIN EN 1522/23), general guidelines on vehicle construction and covers 3 levels from 2 to 7 .
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The V-100 is the predecessor of the M1117 armored security vehicle which was used by the U.S. Army for convoy protection and other duties in Iraq and Afghanistan. For many years the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) had used 2 V-100s and used them for high risk warrant arrests. They pioneered the first SWAT teams and were the first to use ...