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T8 Armored Car

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by: USA
First Produced/Service Dates: 1930
Manufactured by: Chassis: Chevrolet Division of General Motors; Armored Body: U.S. Quartermaster Corps
Crew: 3
Armament: (1) .30 caliber machine gun
Engine: 6 Cylinder Gasoline
Miscellaneous Info: Only two T8 armored cars were completed, with registration numbers USA W1307 and W1308. There is some information available stating that armored body of Car W1307 was later used to build the only T9 Armored Car produced, but we are not sure if that is accurate.

The T8 cars were similar to the T6-4WD, T6, T7, 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.
Data Sheet Available:   T8 Armored Car Data Sheet by Dave Haugh

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
  T8 Armored Car Photo U.S. National Archives
    T8 Armored Car Photos U.S. Signal Corps 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.J. 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)

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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