Early US Armor - Armored Cars 1915-40

The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in France, and American armoured cars were used by the French Army. The inter-war years saw considerable innovation and experimentation in armoured car design. Of the 1930s scout car designs, the M3A1 scout car was good enough to be produced in very large numbers in World War II, and was widely exported to many other armies via Lend-Lease. It also served as the basis for the late M2 and M3 armoured half-tracks. In this study, using detailed full colour plates and rigorous analysis, US armour expert Steven J. Zaloga chronicles the development of the US armoured car in the years leading up to World War II.>

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• Authors: Steven J Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Steven J. (Author) Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Assisted by: Felipe Rodriguez (Illustration), Felipe Rodríguez (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781472825148
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-2514-8
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 244 mm x 6 mm
• Series: New Vanguard; New Vanguard
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Military vehicles, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, c 1910 to c 1919, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, History of the Americas, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)