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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 US Army via Mark Holloway - Beatty, Nevada USA
M1 Armored Car Photos  US Military via the Dave Haugh Collection
      M1 Armored Car Photos US National Archives
T4 Armored Car Photos  US Military via the Dave Haugh Collection
T4 Armored Car Photos  US National Archives

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
Early US Armor: Armored Cars 1915-40 (Osprey Publishing) Steven Zaloga
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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