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T7 Armored Car
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Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | USA |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1929 |
| Manufactured by: | U.S. Quartermaster Corps |
| Crew: | 4 |
| Armament: | Turret: (1) .50 caliber Heavy Machine Gun or .30 cal. MG; Front Right: (1) .30 caliber MG; Left Rear: (1) .30 cal MG |
| Engine: | 6-Cylinder Gasoline |
| Miscellaneous Info: | Six
(6) vehicles were completed
using the registration numbers, USA W1310,
W1311, W1312, W1313, W1314 and W1315. The T7 is also
referred to as the "Franklin" Armored Car as it used the engine and many
automotive components manufactured by the Franklin Automobile Company. The T7 vehicle was designed with the
capability to exchange the armored body with that of the Quartermaster
Corps Standard Fleet 1 1/4 Ton (Group I) 4x4 cargo truck body. 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 cars were similar to the T6-4WD, T6, 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, Holabird Depot, Maryland. The T7 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 Armored Car Photos | U.S. Army via the Dave Haugh Collection |
T7 Armored Car Photo |
U.S. Army via Mark Holloway - Beatty, Nevada USA |
| T7 Armored Car Photos | U.S. National Archives |
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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 |
| A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars | George Forty |
| 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 |
Hobby Modeling
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