Warfare on Wheels 



What the United States is doing with armored automobiles 



The first armored car built by the government. The chassis has a steering post at each end so 

 that it may be run in either direction with equal facility. There are two turrets for machine guns 



ARMORED motor car development in 

 J-\ the United States has hardly passed 

 beyond the experimental stage, as 

 available funds have usually been needed 

 for other purposes and the value of this 

 weapon in the United States seemed some- 

 what doubtful on account of the many 

 poor roads. 



Only types actually tested or used by 

 the War Department are shown with this 

 article. Others have been built by patriotic 

 citizens for National Guards organizations 

 and by military schools and motor car 

 companies. Some of these privately 

 built cars are of real mili- 

 tary value and others 

 are for show pur^ 

 poses only, 

 having ordi- 

 nary steel walls 

 instead of the 

 treated armor 

 plate necessary 

 to resist bul- 

 lets and lacking 

 the equipment 

 required for 

 real service. 



The type of light truck used by the National Guards on 

 the Mexican border in lieu of the usual pack-mules 



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These are valuable as "lesson cars." 

 The illustration above shows the first 

 armored car built by the government. The 

 chassis is a powerful machine, driving and 

 steering on all four wheels and with a 

 steering post at each end so that it will 

 run in either direction with almost equal 

 facility. 



There are two turrets for machine guns, so 

 arranged that the guns may fire through the 

 roof upon attacking aircraft if necessary. 

 The armor covers all vital parts and will 

 resist a service rifle bullet at one hundred 



yards. The 

 radiator door 

 may be opened 

 and closed and 

 the car cranked 

 from the 

 interior. 



The weight 

 with ammuni- 

 tion and sup- 

 plies is about 

 twelve thou- 

 sand pounds 

 and this weight 

 is the principal 



