US Armoured Car - ID needed

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) · #1 01-10-05, 12:07

I found this photo. It looks like a T 4 prototype (1931) I came across in the litterature. Were they later mass-produced? Were they used in WW 2?

Hanno Spoelstra · #2 01-10-05, 13:43

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Originally posted by Stellan Bojerud
Were they later mass-produced? Were they used in WW 2?

No and no.

H.

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) · #3 01-10-05, 14:28

Taking no and no for an answer than means that there were only two T 4 built in 1931. They were made by James Cunningham Sons and Company. 4,5 tons. Engine Cunningham V 8 135 hp.

The one shown before is marked A Troop 1st Cavalry. The following are marked Ordnance Dept and HQ 1st Cavalry respectively.

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) · #4 01-10-05, 14:33

Picture 1.

Stellan Bojerud (RIP) · #5 01-10-05, 14:34

Picture 2.

Hanno Spoelstra · #6 01-10-05, 21:04

Quote:

Originally posted by Stellan Bojerud
there were only two T 4 built in 1931. They were made by James Cunningham Sons and Company. 4,5 tons. Engine Cunningham V 8 135 hp.

Stellan, thanks for the interesting pics. I think the turret looks very futuristic!

H.

nuyt · #7 02-10-05, 16:11

Stellan, your pics show not the T4 prototype but the standardised armoured car known as M1. Not produced in masses but produced.

Kind regards,
Nuyt

nuyt · #8 02-10-05, 17:48

28 produced 1933, source Leland Ness, Janes's

centurion · #9 03-10-05, 18:17

I have several sources that all state that the M1 was a standardised T4. One recognition feature is apparently the shape of the headlights - bullet shaped on the T4 and more like conventional car or truck headlights on the M1. On that basis Stellan's first photo is an M1, his second is a T4 and the third an M1 again.

centurion · #10 03-10-05, 19:05

The following http://www.obs-us.com/people/karen/cunningham/42b.htm should take you to a picture on the Cunningham website showing what seems to be the same T4 that is in Stellan's second photo parked outside the Cunningham factory