The Tank Museum Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 The only wheeled, armoured vehicle to see widespread use by American forces in WWII; powered by the Hercules six-cylinder engine it had excellent performance but was very lightly armoured and was somewhat vulnerable with its open-topped turret... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoranWC51 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 This Ford M8 Greyhound was presented to Sweden from France in 1984, complete and in running condition, together with an equally nice Scout Car Swedish UN troops in Congo used a number of confiscated M8's as well as a couple of Scout Cars. The M8's were named: "Anne Belle","Lulle Belle", "Bibbi Belle" and "Nina Belle". In December 1962 two of these captured M 8 were pressed into Swedish UN service. On 31st December 1962 these ACs supported LtCol Bengt Fredman´s Bn assaulting Kaminaville. During spring 1963 this unit known as P 6 grew to four M 8:s and two M 3 Scoutcars. In 1964 it was considered to move the unit to Cyprus but instead the cars were returned to the Kongolese. Goran N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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