- 9th Army Troops in M8 passing statue of König Friedrich I in Moers Germany 1945
- Troops of 84th Division shake hands with an M8 armored car crew from 11th Armored Division after they linked up along the Ourthe River on 16th January 1945
- US VII Corps Major General J. Lawton Collins in his M8 in Eupen Belgium 1944
- General Patton’s M20. 1st Army Combat Engineers Celebrate Liberation with French Citizens of Verdun 1944
- Greyhounds of Company C, 82nd Recon Battalion, 2nd Armored Division pass through the road junction at St. Sever Calvados
- M8 Greyhounds of the 4th and 10th Armored Division in Bastogne
- US soldiers in M8 of the 106th Cavalry Regiment in small French village
- US Troops in M8 stopped by hungry women in Periers 1944
- Patrols of the U.S. First and Third armies are shown as they met near the town of Grinvet, west of Houffalize, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge
- M8 Greyhound at Gaeta Italy 1944
- M8 of the 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division at St. Lo, 1944
- Ford Motor Company’s brand new M8 Greyhound
- US soldiers in M8 of the 106th Cavalry Regiment in small French village 2
- M8 of the 10th Armored Spearhead reaches Quint Germany 9 March 1945
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in field trials 5
- M20 armored utility car
- US Soldiers of Recon Unit in M8 Scout Car In Mountebourg France
- M8 Greyhound named Colbert
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in field trials 6
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in field trials 2
- M8 Greyhound of 113th Cav Recon Squadron Spearheads 1st Army Drive into Holland September 1944
- GI’s dismount M8 Armored car and jeeps Mechelau Luxembourg 3rd Army 1945
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in Action Belgium Sept 1944
- Captured German M8 Greyhound Armored Car
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in field trials 3
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car
- German M8 Greyhound cars
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in field trials 4
- M8 Greyhound Armored Car in Action 2
- MB GPW Jeep And M8 Armored Car Leave Castle For Invasion Training 1944
- Greyhounds of Company C 82nd Recon Battalion, 2nd Armored Division pass through the road junction at St. Sever Calvados on 3 August 1944. Operation Cobra
- M8 Greyhound with crew
- M8 Greyhound Armored Cars of the 2nd Cav Group Enter Brehal Normandy August 2 1944
- M8 light armored car Side View
- 79th Infantry Division M8 Greyhound Destroyed By Mine La Haye Du Puits France
- 5th Army M8 Nina Chiquita Armored Car and Jeeps in Gaeta Italy May 20 1944
- 2nd Armored Division M8 Toeven Holland 1945
- M8 Armored Car Jump View
- M8 Armored Vehicles Await Invasion at Ordnance Depot in England 1944
- M8 Greyhound Armored Cars in field trials
- M8 Armored Car in field trials
- M20 “Rusty” Armored Car of the 6th Cavalry Group With Modified .50 Cal Ring Mount 3rd Army February 17 1945
- M8 Greyhound 05
- M8 Greyhound 08
- M8 Greyhound 06
- M8 Greyhound “Buffalo Bill” of the 14th Cavalry Group captured by Germans, St Vith, Belgium
- M8 Greyhound 10
- M8 Greyhound 02
- M8 Greyhound 06
- M8 Greyhound
- M8 Greyhound 15
- M8 Greyhound 03
- M8 Greyhound 07
- M8 Greyhound 09
The M8 Greyhound Armored Car and M20 Armored Utility Car were a 6×6 armored cars produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II.
Specifications:
M8 |
M20 |
|
crew |
4 |
6 |
lenght |
5000 mm |
5000 mm |
width |
2540 mm |
2540 mm |
height |
2310 mm |
2240 mm |
combat weight |
7900 kg |
7100 kg |
tire |
9.00-20 |
9.00-20 |
armor / angle: |
hull: 6,4 – 19,1 mm
turret: 6,4 – 19,1 mm mantlet: 25,4 mm |
hull: 6,4 – 19,1 mm |
main armament |
37 mm gun M6, 16-80 rounds. |
– |
secondary armament |
12,7 mm M2HB (1500 rounds) and 7,62 mm M1919A4 (400 rounds) |
12,7 mm M2HB (1000 rounds) |
engine: |
Herkules JXD, 110 hp at 3000 rpm, 6 cylinder, liquid-cooled, gasoline 5243 cm3. |
Herkules JXD, 110 hp at 3000 rpm, 6 cylinder, liquid-cooled, gasoline 5243 cm3. |
transmission |
8 forward and 2 reverse |
8 forward and 2 reverse |
fuel |
200 l |
200 l |
max speed |
90 km/h |
90 km/h |
range |
560 km |
560 km |
grade |
60% |
60% |
turning radius |
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trench crossing |
800 mm |
800 mm |
vertical obstacle |
300 mm |
300 mm |
fording |
600 mm |
600 mm |
ground clearance |
280 mm |
280 mm |
manufacturer |
Ford |
Ford |
production |
8523 cars |
3791 cars |