Production of M8 and M20 armored cars Month armored cars already ordered by the British, such as the (cancelled) T18 Boarhound, the T17 Deerhound, the T17E1 Staghound and the (also cancelled) M38 Wolfhound. It was named ' Greyhound' in keeping with other U.S. In May 1942, having viewed the prototype, the British Tank Mission turned down the offer to acquire the M8 through lend-lease.

A total of 8,523 M8 and 3,791 M20 armored cars were built, The M8s and M20s were manufactured at Ford Motor Company plants in Chicago, Illinois, and Saint Paul, Minnesota the St Paul plant built 6,397 M8s to Chicago's 2,126 the 3,791 M20s were produced at the Chicago plant only. Contract issues and minor design improvements delayed serial production until March 1943.

By then, it was clear that the 37 mm gun would not be effective against the front armor of German tanks so, the new armored car, now designated the M8, took on a reconnaissance role instead. In April 1942, the T22 was selected, despite complaints about deficiencies, due to the need for vehicles. Prototypes were submitted by Studebaker (designated T21), Ford (T22) and Chrysler ( T23), all of them quite similar in design and appearance. 50 in (12.7 mm) machine gun and side armor from a. Its glacis armor was supposed to withstand fire from a. The requirement was for a 6×4 wheeled vehicle armed with a 37 mm gun, a coaxial machine gun mounted in a turret, and a machine gun in the front hull. Army Ordnance Department initiated the development of a new fast tank destroyer to replace the M6 37 mm gun motor carriage, which was essentially a ¾-ton truck with a 37 mm gun installed in the rear bed. It was marginal cross country, especially in mud.ĭevelopment and production history The M8 Greyhound's excellent road mobility made it a great supportive element in the advancing American and British armored columns. Nevertheless, it was produced in large numbers. The British Army found it too lightly armored, particularly the hull floor, which anti-tank mines could easily penetrate (the crews' solution was lining the floor of the crew compartment with sandbags). In British service, the M8 was known as the ' Greyhound', a nickname seldom, if ever, used by the US. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remained in service with some countries. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war. The M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II.

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