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T7 Franklin Armored Car
Specifications
Country of Origin/Used by: | USA |
First Produced/Service Dates: | 1929 |
Manufactured by: | Chassis: Franklin Automobile Company; Armored Body: US Quartermaster Corps |
Crew: | 4 |
Armament: | (1) .50 caliber Heavy Machine Gun and (2) .30 caliber MG's. |
Engine: | 6-Cylinder Gasoline |
Miscellaneous Info: | Six
(6) vehicles were completed
using the registration numbers, USA W1310,
W1311, W1312, W1313, W1314 and W1315. The chassis of one of these
T7 vehicles was used to produce the LATER
T6 Armored car (not to be confused
with the T6-4WD vehicle). The T7 vehicle was designed with the
capability to exchange the armored body with that of a truck body. These cars were similar to the T6-4WD, T6, T8, T9 and T10 Armored Cars as they were all based on commercial truck chassis and armored by the US Quartermaster Corps, Holabird Depot, Maryland. This was the second of the "Holabird" built armored cars. |
Data Sheet Available: | T7 Armored Car Data Sheet from Dave Haugh |
Photos
Reference | Source/Provider |
T7 Franklin Armored Car Photos (and Above) | US Army via Dave Haugh - Content Editor |
T7 Armored Car Photo | US Army via Mark Holloway - Beatty, Nevada USA |
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 - Content Editor |
Printed
Reference | Author |
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 |
"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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