THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY
THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY

THE FORD M8 & M20 ARMORED CARS OF THE U.S. ARMY

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The Ford M8 and M20 Armored Cars of the U.S. Army, by Didier Andres.

Specially designed as a reconnaissance vehicle, the Ford Light Armored Car M8 was primarily intended for mechanised cavalry units. With 8,523 examples built, it would meet all requirements in this field. A single variant was produced on the basis of its mechanical components: the Armored Utility Car M20, without a cannon, of which 3,791 units came off the production lines.

Launched in 1941, the new combat vehicle project would not come to fruition until March 1943, when the first vehicles were received by the army. An officer from the Ordnance Department, Lieutenant J.R. Murray, was tasked with acting as the liaison between the various components of the army and the manufacturers. Throughout the design and production process, he compiled notes, reports and correspondence relating to this particular project.

These approximately 1,500 pages of archival documents enabled the author to faithfully retrace the development process of these vehicles, from the first draft through to the end of production in June 1945.

 

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Table of contents

1. The genesis of the light Armored Cars.

2. Car, armored, Light, M8.

3. Car, Armored, Utility, M20.

4. Common features.

5. Principal allocations in Europe.

6. The photo album.

Annex table: delivery and destination of the 159 test vehicles.

Sources.

Author 1
Didier Andres
Publication date
September 2022
Pages
144
Illustrations
+ 250 photos
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
Histoire et Collections
EAN
9791038012677

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