THE VINTAGE WARRIOR

An M3 half-track at Fort Knox The M3 Half-track, known officially as the Carrier, Personnel Half-track M3, was an  American  armored personnel carrier half-track  widely used by the Allies during  World War II  and in the  Cold War . Derived from the  M2 Half Track Car , the slightly longer M3 was extensively produced, with about 15,000 units and more than 50,000 derivative variants manufactured (most of which were interim designs). The design was based on the  Citroen-Kégresse half-track . The developers attempted to use as many commercial parts as possible. There were also several dozen variants for different purposes. The M3 and its variants were supplied to the  U.S. Army  and  Marines , as well as  British Commonwealth  and Soviet  Red Army  forces, serving on all major fronts throughout the war. Although at first unpopular, it was used by most of the Allies at some point in the war.

A Pershing tank of the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War in 1950. The Pershing was a  heavy tank   of the  United States Army . The tank is named after  General of the Armies   John J. Pershing , who led the  American Expeditionary Force  in Europe in  World War I . It was briefly used in the final months of World War II and extensively during the  Korean War . Intended as a replacement of the  M4 Sherman , the prolonged time of development meant that only a small number saw combat in the European theater, most notably in the 9th Armored Division's dramatic dash to take the  Ludendorff Bridge  during the  Battle of Remagen . Based on the criteria of firepower, mobility, and protection,  R. P. Hunnicutt  ranked the Pershing second, behind the German  Panther  medium tank, but ahead of the  Tiger I  heavy tank. In service during the Korean War, the M26 overmatched th...

T7 Armored Car The   T7 Armored Car   was a   prototype  small  armored car  produced by  Holabird Quartermaster Depot  for the  US Army  in 1930. All six vehicles that were completed, USA W1310, USA W1311, USA W1312, USA W1313, USA W1314 and USA W1315, were 4x6 wheeled vehicles, powered by   Franklin's  air-cooled, 6-cylinder, gasoline engine, with a crew of four and armed with one .50 calibre machine gun supported by two .30 calibre lighter machine guns.

                                    Rolls Royce 1920 Mk1  Armoured Car The  Rolls - Royce Armoured Car  was a  British   armoured car  developed in 1914 and used during the  First World War , and in the early stages of the  Second World War  The   Royal Naval Air Service   (RNAS) raised the first British   armoured car   squadron during the   First World War .   In September 1914 all available   Rolls Royce   Silver Ghost   chassis were requisitioned to form the basis for the new armoured car. The following month a special committee of the   Admiralty   Air Department , among whom was Flight Commander T.G. Hetherington, designed the superstructure which consisted of armoured bodywork and a single fully rotating   turret   holding a regular water cooled   Vickers machine gun . ...

The   Willys MB Ford GPW The Willys MB  (commonly known as a  Jeep  or  jeep , formally as the U.S. Army  Truck, 1/4 ton, 4x4 ) and the  Ford GPW  are  four-wheel drive  utility vehicles that were manufactured during World War II. Produced from 1941 to 1945, it evolved post-war into the civilian  Jeep CJ , and inspired both an entire category of recreational 4WDs and several generations of  military light utility vehicles . Advances in early 20th-century technology resulted in widespread mechanisation of the military during   World War I . The  United States Army  deployed  four-wheel drive  trucks in that war, supplied by  Four Wheel Drive Auto (FWD)  and the  Thomas B. Jeffery Company . By the eve of  World War II  the  United States Department of War  had determined it needed a light, cross-country reconnaissance vehicle.

       Austin   3rd series used by the Don Army  forces 1919  In August 1914, just after the beginning of  the First World War, the army of the   Russian Empire  started to  form armoured car units. Due to limited production capabilities of the country's automotive industry it was decided to order a number of vehicles abroad. A committee was sent to the   United Kingdom ,  but didn't find an armoured car which met their requirements for overhead protection and two  machine gun   turrets . Austin Armoured Car was a  British   armoured car  produced during the  First World War .  The vehicle is best known for its employment by the  Russian Army  in the First World War and by different forces in the   Russian Civil War . In addition to the British-built Austins, a few dozens of vehicles were manufactured in Russia in 1918-20. These are ...

1937 Austin 10  Cambridge military staff car used by the British Army pre -war and during WW2                                Produced from 1932 to 1947. There were around 290,000 made A new body style was added in 1936 with the six light (three windows down each side, with one behind the rear door) " Sherbourne " but the big change came in 1937 with the almost streamlined " Cambridge " saloon and " Conway " cabriolet. Other changes included Girling rod brakes, 16-inch steel disc wheels replaced the 19-inch wires and more room for passengers by moving the engine forwards by 4 inches. Top speed rose to 60 mph . These changes did not appear on the open cars, which no longer included the Ripley sports, until 1938 when all cars also gained an aluminium cylinder head on the engine