M20 Armoured Utility Car close to Elbe

M20 Armoured Utility Car close to Elbe
Here we see an M20 Armoured Utility Car from General Simpson's 9th US Army advancing into the village of Born, close to the Elbe, during the final push on that front. The M20 had the same hull as the M8 Armoured Car, but was armed with a .50in machine gun in place of the 37mm gun of the M8. Part of the ring mount for the machine gun can be made out just in front of the standing figure's legs.
Ford M8 and M20 – The US Army’s Standard Armoured Car of WWII, David Doyle. A pictorial history of the M8 armoured car and M20 utility vehicle, both of which saw service in Italy, Normandy and north-western Europe and to a lesser extent in the Pacific. Very good material on the development of the vehicle, and close up pictures of development and test vehicles as well as modern survivors, along with a useful chapter of pictures of the vehicle in service. Probably aimed more at the modeller than the historian, and will provide many useful details of otherwise hard to examine areas (Read Full Review)
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