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A military armored car is a type of armored fighting vehicle having wheels (from four to ten large, off-road wheels) instead of tracks, and usually light armor. Armored cars are typically less expensive and on roads have better speed and range than tracked military vehicles.
The armoured car was the first modern fully armoured fighting vehicle. The first of these was the Simms's Motor War Car , also designed by Simms and built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim in 1899. [ 4 ] The vehicle had Vickers armour 6 mm thick and was powered by a four-cylinder 3.3-litre [ 4 ] 16 hp Cannstatt Daimler engine giving it a maximum speed ...
The Simms Motor War Car at the Crystal Palace, London, April 1902 The Simms Motor War Car. The Simms Motor War Car was the first armoured car ever built, designed by F. R. Simms. A single prototype was ordered by the British Army in April 1899, a few months before the Second Boer War broke out. [1]
The Cadillac Gage Commando, frequently denoted as the M706 in U.S. military service, [7] is an American armored car designed to be amphibious. [6] It was engineered by Cadillac Gage specifically for the United States Military Police Corps during the Vietnam War as an armed convoy escort vehicle. [7]
The King armored car was manufactured by the Armored Motor Car Company (AMC). It was the first American armored vehicle, and was ordered by the United States Marine Corps in 1915 for testing before being used by the 1st Armored Car Squadron, which consisted of eight cars. The 1st Armored Car Squadron was the US's first formal armored unit.
Vinot Deguinguand armoured car † [55] White AM armoured car [55] Germany Ehrhardt E-V/4. Büssing A5P [13] Daimler 15 [13] Ehrhardt E-V/4 [58] Mannesmann MULAG armoured truck [59] Marienwagen II armoured halftrack † [60] Italy. Bianchi armoured car [61] Fiat-Terni armoured car [62] Lancia 1ZM [61] Pavesi 35 PS armoured car [63] Ottoman ...
The first armoured car was the Simms' Motor War Car, designed by F.R. Simms in response to the Second Boer War and built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim in Britain [1] Another early armoured car of the period was the French Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902, presented at the Salon de l'Automobile et du cycle in Brussels, on 8 March 1902. [2]
This is a list of armoured fighting vehicles developed during the interwar years between the end of the First World War (1918) and the start of the Second World War (1939). There is some overlap with tanks that served in the early part of the Second World War.