US Armoured Car - ID needed
 

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?

Re: US Armoured Car - ID needed
 

No and no.

H.

Really?
 

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.

T 4
 

Picture 1.

T 4
 

Picture 2.

Re: Really?
 

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

H.

Not T4
 

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

28
 

28 produced 1933, source Leland Ness, Janes's

T4 into M1
 

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.

More t4
 

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