"Review: US Army 1/4 Ton Armored Truck" Topic
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Tango01 | 03 Jan 2020 9:05 p.m. PST |
"The US Army used the "Jeep" in a seemingly limitless number of types and sub-types during WWII. One of the more popular versions was the lightly armoured and armed jeeps of the cavalry and recon units, boasting anything from a .30cal to twin bazookas and in the case of our subject here a .50calibre machine gun. In reconnaissance operations, the Jeep proved speed but it was unprotected and vulnerable to the concentrated enemy fire. This led to field adaptation of armoured plates added to the Jeeps and, after some time, formulated and officialized as the "1/4 ton 4×4 armoured truck" or the Armored Willys MB…."
Full review here link
Amicalement Armand |
Legion 4 | 04 Jan 2020 9:19 a.m. PST |
Pretty neat ! But not that many were made … |
Tango01 | 04 Jan 2020 11:55 a.m. PST |
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