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T17E1 Staghound Mark 1

Armored Car


Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by: USA for Great Britain
First Produced/Service Dates: 1942
Manufactured by: Chevrolet Division of General Motors
Crew: 5
Armament: Main: 37mm Cannon; Co-Axial: .30 cal Machine Gun.;  Bow (optional): .30 cal. MG;
Engine: (2) 6 Cylinder Gasoline
Miscellaneous Info: This vehicle was produced by the USA for the Great Britain during WW II and soldiered on long after the War.
Data Sheet Available:   Staghound Mark 1 Armored Car Data Sheet (by David Haugh)

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Tank Museum - Bovington) Ken Adolphe - Bristol, UK
Staghound Mark 1 Photos Australian War Memorial
Staghound Mark 1 Photos John Charvat - Yukon, Oklahoma USA
Staghound Mark 1 Photos Danish Nationalmuseet
Staghound Mark 1 Detail Photos Martin Dogger - Nijverdal, Netherlands
  Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Taken at Samur) Jacques Dujardin - France
    Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Taken at the War & Peace Show - 2010) Clive Elliott - Salisbury, UK
Staghound Mark 1 Photo (Taken at the Armoured Corps Museum at Latrun) Robert Goldman - Kfar Saba, Israel
Staghound Mark 1 Photos David Haugh - Content Editor
Staghound Mark 1 Line Drawings/Diagrams David Haugh
      Staghound Mark 1 Car Photos (Taken at The National  Museum of Military Vehicles - Dubois, WY USA) Mark Holloway- Bridger, Montana USA
Staghound Mark 1 Photos - (Taken at the Musee' des Blindes - Saumur, France) Christophe Jacquemont - France
Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Taken at The Tank Museum at Bovington) Patrick Keenan - Editor
Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Taken at the Australian Armour & Artillery Museum - Cairns) Mckenna35 - Fort Collins, Colorado USA
Staghound Mark 1 Detail Photos (Taken at The Tank Museum at Bovington) Alan McNeilly - England
Staghound 1 Armored Car Photos (Taken at the Army Museum Bandiana - Australia) Ley Reynolds (Platypus Publications) - Australia
Staghound Mark 1 Detail Photos (Taken at 2007 War & Peace Show - Beltring, UK) Ian Sadler - UK
Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Belgian Marked) William Testaert - Brussels, Belgium
Staghound Mark 1 Photos (The Tank Museum at Bovington) Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Staghound Mark 1 Photos (Taken at the Musee' des Blindes - Saumur, France) Dennis Trowbridge
  Staghound "Bantu" Mine Detector Photo Imperial War Museum

References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
XII Manitoba Dragoons - Restored Staghound Mark I (Parts I-III) Marco Hogenkamp via XII Manitoba Dragoons Website
"British Armored Cars in Europe- 1944-1945" By Peter Brown Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #35)
"British Armored Car Production Figures - 1945" By Peter Brown
"(British) Vehicle Cencus In Germany - 1945" By Peter Brown
"The First Belgian Armored Car Squadron of WW II (Part 1): Belgian Armored Cars in Great Britain"  By Raymond Surlemont Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #16)
"The First Belgian Armored Car Squadron of WW II (Part 2): Belgian Armored Cars in Great Britain"  By Raymond Surlemont Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #17)
"Lonesome Staghound (and Other Tales)" Peter Brown
Staghound Mark 1 Armoured Car Information & Photos The Shopland Collection Website

Printed

Reference Author
American Armored Fighting Vehicles - World War Two AFV Plans George Bradford
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars George Forty
Armored Car- A History of American Wheeled Combat Vehicles R.J. Hunnicutt
  "Dusting Off A Hound of War" (August 2023 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) Ben Brown
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
"Four Wheeled Muscle" (December 2020 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) David Garden
Samochod Pancerny Staghound Janusz Magnuski (Polish Text)

"Staghound" (July 2014 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine)

Ian Young
Staghound (Model Detail Photo Monograph #29) Rossagraph
Staghound, The : A Visual History of the T17E Series of Armored Cars in Allied Service: 1940-45" By David Doyle (Ampersand Publishing)
"Staghound Armored Car 1942–62" (New Vanguard 159) Steve Zaloga (Osprey Publishing)
"Staghound Armoured Cars: Profile of a Long-Lived Family of Chevrolet-Built Wheeled AFV's" Wheels & Tracks: The International Review of Military Vehicles - Issue #32
"Staghound In Canadian Service, The" by Service Publications Roger Lucy
The Staghound T17E1 In Detail (In Detail Special No. 9) (Wings and Wheels Publications) Frantisek Koran, Jan-Willem de Boer, Luc Snyders & Martin Velek
T17E1 Staghound Vehicle Technical Manual (TM 9-741) CD-ROM

Review by Patrick Keenan

Easy One Productions
U.S. Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #40 Robert J. Icks
U.S. Armoured Car Staghound (Armor Photo History #1) PROGRES Model Centrum
U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles Fred W. Crismon

Hobby Modeling

Kits and Accessories

Model Kit Manufacturer Scale Other Information
T17E1 Staghound Mark 1 Model Kit (K064) Accurate Armour 1/35th Resin
T17 Staghound Kit ADV/Azimut 1/35 Resin
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 (35011) Bronco Models 1/35 Injection Molded Plastic.
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 with 60lb Rockets and Launch Rails (35017) Bronco Models 1/35 Injection Molded Plastic
T17E1 Staghound Mk. 1 Armoured Car (Late Production) with 12 Foot Assault Bridge Model Kit (CB35115) Bronco Model 1/35 Injection Molded Plastic
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 with 60lb Rockets and Launch Rails (48003) Bronco Model 1/48 Injection Molded Plastic
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 (6459) and (6552) Italeri 1/35 Multi-Media Kit. Kit #6552 re-released kit, reportedly with no changes from first release, #6459.
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 (89770) Tamiya 1/35 Re- boxed Italeri Kit. Multi-Media Kit.
T17E1 Staghound Mark 1 Kit Gaso.Line 1/50  
T17E1 Staghound Mark 1 Kit (72308) RPM 1/72  
T17E1 Staghound Mark 1 Kit (72309) RPM 1/72  
       
Aftermarket Set Manufacturer Scale Other Information
Staghound Stowage Set (A117) Accurate Armour 1/35 Resin; For all Staghound Model Kits.
New Zealand Staghound Mk 1 Armoured Car Accessory Set (ACM35008) AC Models 1/35 Resin; Also includes Crew Figures.
New Zealand Staghound Mk 1 Armoured Car Decals "Bambino" (AR35279) Archer Fine Transfers 1/35 Decals.
Staghound Wheel Set with Chains(35040) Armorscale 1/35 Resin; For all Staghound Model Kits.
New Zealand Armour In Italy Decals (35060) Bison Decals 1/35 Decals with Staghound Marking Option.
Staghound Armoured Car Decals (35063) Bison Decals 1/35 Decals.
Staghound Accessory Set (T35007) Black Dog 1/35 Resin
Staghound Snow Chained Wheel Set (T35008) Black Dog 1/35 Resin
Staghound "Big" Accessory Set (T35006) Black Dog 1/35 Resin. Includes T35007 & T35008
Staghound Mark 1 Accessory Set (T72124) Black Dog 1/35 Resin. For the IBG Models Kit?  However, there doesn't appear to be any kit by IBG. Could it be for the Bronco kit?
Staghound Stowage Set (BL35124K) Blast Models 1/35th Resin; For all Staghound Model Kits.
Staghound Armored Car Mirrors (M357147) Echelon Fine Details 1/35 For Bronco Model Kits
Staghound Mk 1 Detail Set (P36024) Eduard 1/35 For Italeri/Tamiya Re-box.
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 Detail Set (HLU35054) Hauler 1/35 Photo Etch Brass; For the Bronco Model Kit.
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 with 60LB Rocket Launcher Detail Set (HLU35056) Hauler 1/35 Photo Etch Brass; For the Bronco Model Kit.
T17E1 Staghound Mk 1 with 60LB Rocket Launcher Detail Set (HLX48323) Hauler 1/48 Photo Etch Brass; For the Bronco Model Kit.
Staghound Cross Country Wheel Set (HSR35060) Hussar Productions 1/35 Resin; For all Staghound Model Kits.
Staghound Highway Wheel Set (HSR35143) Hussar Productions 1/35 Resin; For all Staghound Model Kits.
37mm M6 Gun Barrel Jordi Rubio Accessories 1/35 Turned Aluminum
Staghound Stowage Set (LF1157) Legend Productions 1/35th Resin; For Bronco Models Kit.
Staghound 1 Replacement Turret (MT72081) ModellTrans Modellbau 1/72 Resin.  Also includes one figure

Staghound Wheels (MM-R082) 

Model Miniature 1/72 Resin.
M6 37mm Gun Barrel (G35-040) Orange Hobby 1/35 Brass
Staghound Armored Car Wheel Set (RE35-006) Panzer Art 1/35 Resin.
Staghound Armored Car Road Wheel Set (Dunlop) (RE35-698) Panzer Art 1/35 Resin.
Staghound Mark 1 Turret with "Hessian Net" (RE35-220) Panzer Art 1/35 Resin.
Staghound Armored Car Road Wheel Set (Dunlop) (RE35-698) Panzer Art 1/35 Resin.
Staghound Steerable Front Suspension Set (35.2301) Resicast 1/35 For For Italeri/Tamiya Re-box.
Staghound Steerable Front Suspension Set (35.2302) Resicast 1/35 For Bronco Models Kit.
Staghound Stowage Set #11 (35.2300) Resicast 1/35 Resin; For all Staghound Model Kits.
Staghound Replacement Wheels (RM558) Royal Model 1/35 Resin; "Regular" Tread Pattern. For all Bronco and Italeri Staghound Model Kits.

"7th Armoured Division Desert Rats in NW Europe" (35-892)

Star Decals

1/35

Decals; Includes Markings for the Humber Scout Car and Staghound Mark 1 Armored Car.

"British Armoured Cars" (35-C1151)

Star Decals

1/35

Decals; Includes Markings for the Staghound Mark 1 Armored Car and Humber and M3A1 Scout Cars.

"British Scout & Recce Units in NWE 1944-45" (35-891)

Star Decals

1/35

Decals; Includes Markings for the M3A1 Scout Car, Staghound Mark 1 Armored Car & Dingo Mark 2 Scout Car.

"Nicaragua La Guardia/Gardia Nacional 1925-1979" Decals (35-C1340) Star Decals 1/35 Includes markings for the Staghound Mark 1.
Nicaragua: Guardia Nacional 1925-79 & Sandinista Guerilla 1979" (72-A1105) Star Decals 1/72 Decals. Includes markings for the Staghound Mark 1.
"Sandinista Guerilla and Post 1979 Revolutionary Army" Decals (35-C1341) Star Decals 1/35 Includes markings for the BRDM-2, BTR-60PB & Staghound Mark 1.
"Tanks & AFVs in Cuba # 1" (35-C1337) Star Decals 1/35 Includes markings for the Staghound Mark 1, M8 Greyhound and M3A1 Scout Car.
"Tanks & AFVs in Cuba # 1" (72-A1103) Star Decals 1/72 Includes markings for the Staghound Mark 1, M8 Greyhound and M3A1 Scout Car.
"Staghounds In Polish Service Vol. 1" Decals (35D31) Toro Model 1/35 Decal Set.
"Staghounds In Polish Service Vol. 2" Decals (35D34) Toro Model 1/35 Decal Set.
"Staghounds In Polish Service Vol.1" Decals (72D21) Toro Model 1/72 Decal Set.
Staghound 1 Photo Etched Detail Set (PE35163) Voyager Model 1/35 For Bronco Kit.
Staghound Mk 1 Detail Set (35250) Voyager Model 1/35 For Italeri/Tamiya Re-box.

Model Photos

Reference Source/Provider
Staghound 1 Armored Car Model Kit Photos (1/35 Bronco Models Kit) Steve Allen - Monticello, Iowa USA
Staghound Mark 1 Armored Car Model Kit Photos Erik Johansen - Southshields, UK/ Patrick Keenan - Editor
Staghound 1 Armored Car Model Kit Photos (1/35 Italeri Kit) Dave Williams - England
Staghound 1 Armored Car Model Kit Photos (1/35 Italeri Kit) Mike Winters - IPMS/USA Santa Rosa (California)
Lebanese Staghound Mark 1 Model Photos (1/35 Bronco Models Kit) Mark Armstrong (La Crescenta, CA USA)