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T6 Armored Car
Specifications
Country of Origin/Used by: | USA |
First Produced/Service Dates: | 1931 or 1932 |
Manufactured by: | U.S. Quartermaster Corps |
Crew: | 4? |
Armament: | (1) .30 cal Machine Gun |
Engine: | 6-Cylinder Gasoline |
Miscellaneous Info: | Only one
T6 armored car
was produced, which was converted from one of the
EARLIER
T7
Armored Cars. However, this
vehicle did not have the same interchangeable body as that of the T7. The
T6's registration number was USA W6011.
In addition, the T6 should not be confused with the first "Holabird"
produced armored car, the
T6-4WD (4-Wheel Drive) armored car built in
1928. The T6 armored car is similar to the T6-4WD, 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. Quartermaster Corps (QMC), Holabird Depot, Maryland. |
Data Sheet Available: | None Available |
Photos
Reference | Source/Provider |
T6 Armored Car Photos | U.S. Army via 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) | 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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