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T2 Armored Car Series

 

T2 Armored Car

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by: USA
First Produced/Service Dates: 1928
Manufactured by: Chassis: La Salle/Cadillac Division of General Motors; Construction: the U.S. Ordnance Department/1st Cavalry Division
Crew: 3-4
Armament: (1) .30 caliber Machine Gun
Engine: 8-Cylinder Gasoline (LaSalle, Water-cooled)
Miscellaneous Info: Four (4) T2 Armored Cars were built most likely using the chassis of the LaSalle Model 303 sedan. Their serial numbers were USA W1300, W1301, W1302 and W1303. The T2's were identifiable by their high armored sides, no roof and no weapon turret fitted. Subsequently, all the cars were modified by the 1st US Cavalry Division into four distinct "models", sequentially identified as T2E1, T2E2, T2E3 & T2E4. 

All four vehicles were modified to both the T2E1 and then T2E2 "standard".  The T2E1 vehicles now had a fully armored (flat) roof with short turret added. The following information covering the later modifications is a bit more murky as sources conflict.  However, based upon my research I am presenting the following interpretations.  The T2E2 modifications included a new "stepped" roof behind the drivers position and a higher turret.  The T2E3 modifications are even harder to ascertain, but it appears only one vehicle was so modified, which supposedly had a different turret and weapons mount to allow for anti-aircraft defense.  Finally, the T2E4 modifications include a return to a shorter turret being mounted. There is even one source that states a .50 cal heavy machine gun was fitted.   
Data Sheet Available:   None Available

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
    T2 Armored Car Photos U.S. Signal Corps via the Dave Haugh Collection
   T2E1 Armored Car Photo U.S. National Archives
T2E1 (back) & T2E2 (front) Armored Car Photo The Dave Haugh Collection
    T2E3 Armored Car Photos The Dave Haugh Collection

References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
  "The US Army T6, T7, T8, T9 & T10 Armored Cars of the 1920's & 1930's: How Do you tell them Apart?" (WarWheels Article) Dave Haugh

Printed

Reference Author
American Armored Cars 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
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)

Book Review by Peter Brown via Missing-Lynx

 David R. Haugh
U.S. Armored Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #40 Robert J. Icks
U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles Fred W. Crismon

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