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Mack Armored Car
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Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | USA |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1916 |
| Manufactured by: | Mack Brothers Company (now Mack Trucks) |
| Crew: | 5-7? |
| Armament: | (2) .30 caliber machine guns |
| Engine: | 4 Cylinder Gasoline |
| Miscellaneous Info: |
Under the direction of the New York National
Guard (NYNG) and sponsored by members of U.S. Steel, the Central Trust
Company of New York and Redmond & Company, a unit consisting of a fleet
of heavy armored cars was created. This unit was named the 1st
Armored Motor Battery and was commanded by the brainchild of the idea,
Captain Harry G. Montgomery. To form the nucleus of the unit, a series
of heavy armored cars were to be built using a common set of plans
developed by Mack Brothers Company. The vehicles were to utilize
the automotive components built by different companies, but fitted with
standardized armored hulls. The three (3) companies that became involved
in the program were Locomobile Company of America, Mack and White Motor
Car Company. It was planned that the unit would take these new vehicles with them during their deployment to Europe in World War I. Captain Montgomery even envisioned that if the unit and their cars performed well, the design would be adopted by the regular U.S. Army for serial production en masse. Unfortunately, due to the disinterest of the Army, the unit was not sent to the battlefields of Europe, and thusly only a handful of vehicles were ever built. However, the NYNG battery was instead sent to the Mexican Border, but did not see any combat The Mack-built armored car in this series of vehicles used the Mack AB 2 ton truck chassis and powered by a 45 horsepower 4-Cylinder gasoline engine. It carried two (2) pedestal-mounted .30 cal Colt machine guns in the rear of the vehicle, although it appears they were not always fitted. Due to the use of the standardized armor hull, the Mack vehicle looked very similiar to the Locomobile and White Armored Cars and are hard to distinguish between them. |
| Data Sheet Available: |
None Available |
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
Mack Armored Car Photo |
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Mack Armored Car Photo |
Mack Trucks |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| Mack Armored Car Information & Photos | American Fighting Vehicle Database |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
| American Armored Cars (Grenadier Books) | A.J. Clemens |
| A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars | George Forty |
| Armored Car - A History of American Wheeled Combat Vehicles | R. P. Hunnicutt |
| Early Armoured Cars (Shire Album #209) | E. Bartholomew |
| Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars | Duncan Crow and Robert J. Icks |
| U.S. Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #40 | Robert J. Icks |
| U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles | Fred W. Crismon |
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