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T4/M1 Armored Car

 

M1 Armored Car


Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by: USA
First Produced/Service Dates: 1931
Manufactured by:

James Cunningham, Sons and Company

Crew: 4
Armament:

(1) .50 caliber Heavy Machine Gun and (2) .30 caliber Light MG's

Engine:

8-Cylinder Gasoline

Miscellaneous Info:

Two prototype T4’s were ordered and tested. The production design was re-classified and standardized in service as the Car, Armored, M1 in 1934.

Data Sheet Available:   T4 Armored Car Data Sheet (by David Haugh)

  M1 Armored Car Data Sheet (by David Haugh)

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
M1 Armored Car Photo Above US Army via Mark Holloway - Beatty, Nevada USA
M1 Armored Car Photos  US Military via Dave Haugh -Content Editor
T4 Armored Car Photos  US Military via Dave Haugh

References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
"Organization and Development of the U.S. Cavalry Division during The 1920's"  By David Haugh Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #21)

Printed

Reference Author
American Armored Fighting Vehicles - World War Two AFV Plans George Bradford
Armored Car - A History of American Wheeled Combat Vehicles R. P. Hunnicutt
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow and Robert J. Icks
Searching for Perfection: An Encyclopedia of U.S. Army T-Series Vehicle Development (1925-1958)

Review by Peter Brown via Missing-Lynx

David R. Haugh
U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles Fred W. Crismon

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