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Error creating thumbnail: A Jeffery armored car of later serial model, likely of the Eaton Motor Machine Gun Battery, seen in Toronto, Ontario. | |
| Type | Armored car |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Service history | |
| Used by |
British India Command United States Army |
| Wars | Pancho Villa Expedition |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Thomas B. Jeffery Company |
| Produced | 1915 |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 18 ft (5.48 m) |
| Width | 6.4 ft (1.95 m) |
| Height | 8 ft (2.44 m) |
| Crew | 4 |
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Main armament | 4 x Benet-Mercier or 1 x .303 Vickers machine guns |
| Engine | 4-cylinder petrol |
| Suspension | 4x4 wheel |
| Maximum speed | 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) maximum |
The Jeffery Armored Car No.1 was developed by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915. The armored car No.1 was used in by General John Pershing’s 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition in Columbus, New Mexico for training. Pancho Villa was far into Mexico at that time and there are no records on its use in fighting.[1] A number of armoured cars were built on the Jeffery truck chassis in 1916 for use in British India. Forty were added to the "Field Force" that was operating to contain the Mohmand rising of Haji Mullah on the North West Frontier. The "Mohmand blockade" involved British armoured cars patrolling unpaved tracks between blockhouses. Maintenance of the cars was difficult as the ship carrying spares had been torpedoed.[2] Different model of armoured car on Jeffery Quad chassis was built in Russia, known as Jeffery-Poplavko.
Referencesand external links[]
- ↑ Albert Mro, American military vehicles of World War I: an illustrated history of armored cars, staff cars, motorcycles, ambulances, trucks, tractors and tanks. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2009. ISBN 978-0-7864-3960-7, p.76
- ↑ AFV Profile No. 9 Early Armoured Cars
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