M38 Wolfhound

Maximum speed 97 km/h (60 mph)

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.

Development history

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.^[2]

See also

• M-numbers

References

Citations

Bibliography

• "T28/M38 Wolfhound 6x6 Armored Car". warwheels.net. David Haugh. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08.
• Davis, Michael W.J (2012). Chevrolet 1911-1960. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-9394-4
• Green, Michael (2014). American Tanks & AFVs of World War II. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-931-3.
• Icks, Robert J, U.S. Armoured Cars AFV Weapons Profile No. 40, Profile Publishing

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