Armored Car: History of American Wheeled Combat Vehicles (original)

Description: **PLEASE READ** I WILL PROVIDE A SHIPPING QUOTE IF YOU PURCHASE MULTIPLE ITEMS. PLEASE AWAIT MY COMBINED SHIPPING INVOICE FOR MULTIPLE ORDERS IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU ONLY BUY ONE ITEM YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PAY. I HAVE DISABLED AUTOPAY FOR BUY IT NOW ITEMS, BUT ITEMS BOUGHT VIA BEST OFFER ARE USUALLY PAID FOR STRAIGHT AWAY WITH AUTOPAY REMEMBER - IT IS MORE ECONOMICAL TO BUY MULTIPLE PURCHASES AND PAY ONE POSTAGE COST. I WILL ALWAYS TRY AND WORK WITH YOU TO GET THE BEST POSTAGE RATE, AND I WILL REFUND ANY OVERPAYMENT WHERE I CAN. -------------------------------------------------- Armored Car: A History of American Wheeled Combat Vehicles (original press) - R.P. Hunnicutt Scarce! Incredible book! Rare and hard to find volume from the very highly regarded historian R.P Hunnicutt. A big hardcover, with hundreds of photos. This detailed and illustrated volume is part of a series that traces the development of the U.S. military vehicles from World War Two onwards. An absolute masterpiece, and consistently commands very high prices! This is the first of a two part series that continues with ‘Sheridan’. The entire Hunnicutt series was reprinted in 2015, but with paper covers. The reprint quality wasn’t as good and some of the scale plans were reprinted in odd scales. I understand the original plates were destroyed in a fire and Hunnicutt would not allow an inferior reprint. After his death, the books were duly reprinted and, surprise surprise, were of interior quality. If you can afford them, go for the original hardcover editions. Here’s the product info: The armoured car has played a major role in American military operations since the relatively early days of the 20th Century. In 1989 Col. Royal P. Davidson arranged for the installation of a .30 caliber Colt machine gun on a Duryea light three-wheeled car. In doing so, he jump-started the development and production of armoured fighting vehicles that have served in the American military ever since. Although the very first armoured cars were merely outfitted with a gunshield, they were soon fully protected by armour plating. In this instalment of R. P. Hunnicutt's 10-volume series on the history of American armoured vehicles he details their early development through WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. Beginning with the development of armoured cars on American soil at the outbreak of WWI-although none were ever shipped overseas. Hunnicutt goes on to describe the production of armoured cars based on commercial car and truck chassis in the 1920s. These vehicles eventually reached limited production as the armoured car M4. With detailed drawings and photographs to illustrate the history, Hunnicutt describes the development of the armoured car T3, which was also designated as scout car T1. The development of these lightweight scout cars, which met the needs of the cavalry, made the armoured car unnecessary by 1937. Although production of armoured cars stopped for the American military, American development continued on armoured cars intended for British use. However, in 1942 as the Palmer Board decided to limit the weight of reconnaissance vehicles, the light armoured car T22E2 was standardised as the M8 and put into production. The M8 and a variation, the M20, served in the U.S. Army until after the Korean War, with new models developed for use in Vietnam. Spanning the history of American wheeled combat vehicles, Hunnicutt's Armoured Car is a must have for anyone with a keen interest in the history of American military operations and equipment. Richard Pearce Hunnicutt (1926-2011) enlisted in the 7th Infantry Division in 1944 and in 1945 was promoted to sergeant and awarded the Silver Star for his heroic actions. After WWII, Hunnicutt earned a Masters in engineering from Stanford University under the GI Bill. In addition to being one of the most respected metallurgists in California, Hunnicutt wrote the definitive 10-volume history of the development and employment of American armoured vehicles. As a tank historian and leading expert in the field, Hunnicutt was one of the founders of the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD and was a close friend and frequent contributor to the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, KY. 340 page hardcover published 2002 -------------------------------------------------- SHIPPING:UK Items usually sent by Royal Mail, with tracking SHIPPING: OVERSEAS ITEMS WORTH LESS THAN €150 / £135 From 1 July 2021, the Brexit transition period ends. From this date forward, EVERYTHING sold to a country outside of the UK counts as an export, and as such could be subject to VAT/tax. EU member states require an IOSS (Import One Stop Shop) number, although this is optional. 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Price: 80 GBP

Location: York

End Time: 2025-01-16T14:34:43.000Z

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