M38 Wolfhound
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{{Infobox weapon
| name=M38 Wolfhound
| image= File:M38 Wolfhound.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption=
|origin=United States
|type=Armored car
|is_vehicle=yes
| length={{convert|5.11 |m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| width={{convert|2.44 |m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| height={{convert|1.98| m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight={{convert|6.9| t|abbr=on}}
| suspension=wheels, 6×6
| speed={{convert|97|km/h|abbr=on}}
| vehicle_range={{convert|483 |km|abbr=on}}
| primary_armament=37 mm M6
| secondary_armament=.30 caliber Browning M1919A4 machine gun
.50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine gun
| armour=6 to 12 mm
| engine=Cadillac 42, V-8, gasolineDavis (2012), p. 94.
| engine_power=148/110 hp (110/82 kW)
| pw_ratio=19.3/14.3 hp/tonne
| crew=4
}}
The M38 Wolfhound was a 6×6 US armored car produced in 1944 by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. It was designed as a replacement for the M8 Greyhound series, but the end of the war in 1945 led to the cancellation of the project after the completion of a handful of prototype vehicles.
Specifications
The Wolfhound had a crew of four and was armed with a 37 mm gun in a rotating open-topped turret, with an ammunition load of 93 rounds. Its secondary armament consisted of two machine guns; one mounted co-axially with the main weapon, the other on an AA pintle mounting. It was powered by a Cadillac, eight-cylinder, water-cooled engine. Each side featured three large tires on symmetrically placed axles, with distinctive curved mudguards. The frontal glacis plate was sharply sloped to improve protection. A radio antenna was mounted on the front right of the glacis.{{fact|date=October 2024}}
Development history
File:M38 Wolfhound with Chaffee turret.jpg
One M38 was modified to take the turret of an M24 Chaffee tank and went through a series of tests to check a possibility of upgunning the vehicle. The layout of the M38 had similarities with the Alvis Saladin, a post-war British armored car, but there was no link between them.Icks. US Armoured Cars
See also
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References
Citations
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Bibliography
- {{cite web|url=http://www.warwheels.net/M38ArmoredCarINDEX.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108051645/http://www.warwheels.net/M38ArmoredCarINDEX.html |archive-date=2014-11-08 |publisher=David Haugh |title=T28/M38 Wolfhound 6x6 Armored Car |website=warwheels.net }}
- Davis, Michael W.J (2012). Chevrolet 1911-1960. Arcadia Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0-7385-9394-4}}
- {{cite book |last=Green |first=Michael |date=2014 |title=American Tanks & AFVs of World War II |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=Osprey Publishing |isbn=978-1-78200-931-3}}
- Icks, Robert J, U.S. Armoured Cars AFV Weapons Profile No. 40, Profile Publishing
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170823184914/http://www.wwiivehicles.com/united-states/vehicle/armored-cars/m38-armored-car.asp World War II vehicles]
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Category:World War II armored fighting vehicles of the United States
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