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T6-4WD* Armored Car


Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by: USA
First Produced/Service Dates: 1928
Manufactured by: U.S. Quartermaster Corps
Crew: 4?
Armament: (1) .30 cal Machine Gun
Engine: 6-Cylinder Gasoline
Miscellaneous Info: The T6-4WD (*4-Wheel Drive) was the first attempt by the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) to build an armored car for the U.S. Army.  Only one (1) T6-4WD armored car was produced.  It used the chassis of the QMC Standard Fleet 1 1/4 Ton (Group I) 4x4 cargo truck body, fitted with the same (or similar) armored hull and turret as the T2E2 or T2E3 armored car. The T6-4WD should not be confused with the later "Holabird" built T6 armored car.

The T6-4WD armored car is similar to the T6, T7,
T8, T9 and T10 Armored Cars as they were all based on an automobile or truck chassis and armored and built by the U.S. QMC, Holabird Depot, Maryland.
Data Sheet Available:   None Available

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
  T6-4WD Armored Car Photo The Dave Haugh Collection
  Quartermaster Corps Standard Fleet 1 1/4 Ton (Group I) 4x4 Truck Photo U.S. National Archives

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) The Dave Haugh Collection

Printed

Reference Author
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
"Quartermaster Corps Armored Car Development" (March 2000 Issue of the Journal of Military Ordnance) Raymond Surlemont
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. Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #40 Robert J. Icks
U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles Fred W. Crismon

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