America's foremost expert on combat vehicles has once again proven his broad and detailed knowledge of the subject with this detailed and lavishly illustrated volume tracing the development of American armoured cars from 1898 to today. Armored Car is a thorough examination of these important fighting vehicles, packed with precise and detailed data and supplemented with over 800 images. The American military first experimented with the prototype of an armoured car in 1898. In World War I such vehicles proved their worth but it wasn't until 1941 that the American Army began to really promote the development of this most versatile and rugged type of vehicle. Armoured cars were employed in almost every theatre of the war and were supplied to most of America's allies. Post-war armoured cars continued to provide an important support role but were marginalized during the Cold War, when heavy-armour was emphasized, although recently the vehicles have been back in favour. R. P. Hunnicutt - a former engineer and the author of a number of books on U.S. battle tanks, including Sheridan: A History of the American Light Tank, Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank and Pershing: A History of the Medium Tank T20 Series - presents an exceptional study of these important and useful vehicles, and the full range of variants, and his detailed account acts as an essential guide to a key range of vehicles serving in the American armed forces. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 116 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com