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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 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 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 ...
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 M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war.
M1 armored car (G29) Model T4 Cunningham (1934) M2 unknown; M3 unknown; M4 unknown; M5 armored car (G134) (T17 Deerhound) M6 armored car (G122) (T17E1 Staghound) M7 armored car (G133) (T18 Boarhound) M8 armored car (G136) (Greyhound) T22 (M9 halftrack car)? M10 redesignated M20 Armored Utility Car T26 (G176) M38 Wolfhound, 37 mm, 6 × 6
The first Rangers were delivered to the USAF in April 1980, with 571 vehicles under a contract of $30,532 each. [1] [4] In 1981, 560 additional Rangers were ordered by the USAF and the United States Navy. [4] By 1994, around 708 Rangers had been produced and served with the U.S. military, with 20 of those Rangers sold to Indonesia the same year ...
The first version of the vehicle was built in 1940 by Standard Motor Company at the instigation of Lord Beaverbrook, then Minister of Aircraft Production (hence the name Beaverette). It was based on commercial car chassis, on which a simple riveted armoured hull was mounted. The 11mm of steel was backed by 3 inch thick oak planks. [1]