Staghound Restoration

[Mike Cecil]

Hi David,

Your comment that "..... a number served with US Forces in Australia and may have been used post war by the Australian Army" .... needs some clarification.

US Forces in Australia did not use Staghounds: the T17E1s in Austraia were purchased by the Australian Army in 1943(?) when the local 'Rhino' Heavy Armoured Car project fell over. The type was used in Australia during WW2, and a small number were deployed to Japan as part of BCOF, but were soon withdrawn due to limitations imposed by the road system in the Australian AO.

They remained in service with the Australian Army, mainly the reserve, until the 1970s.

Mike

[David Dunlop]

Thanks, Mike. So even less use by the US Army than I thought.

David