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Fillmore Progress | 1915-01-08 | Page 5 | Armored Car in Warfare

Type issue
Date 1915-01-08
Paper Fillmore Progress
Language eng
City Fillmore
County Millard
Rights No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator J.P. Jacobsen
ARK ark:/87278/s6rf6trw
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rf6trw

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Article Title Armored Car in Warfare
Type article
Date 1915-01-08
Paper Fillmore Progress
Language eng
City Fillmore
County Millard
Page 5
Creator J.P. Jacobsen
OCR Text ARMORED CAR IN WARFARE european armies have found it ov I 1 greatest value in their operations operation although an engine now new to warfare the armored motor car has roved cai useful especially tor for out outpost pRet and scouting duty fast silent client and mobile it covers a vast amount of et ground on the splendid roads that crisscross the field of war in western woal ern europe 11 most lost of tile the cars are incased encased in a light frame of tough steel plate that ranges in thickness from ahr sixteenths of an inch to a quarter of an inch and that la is impervious to rafi rifle anil and machine gun fire aalthe vidner able abla parts of the motor such as t the 0 radiator and steering rear gear and 1 some soma 0 of the newest cars the are protected by the steel covering the wheels both wood and wire are said to withstand the roughest sort bort of usage accidents to the tires are much less common than antonn would expect the cars care carry a light armament onn or two machine guns so mounted that they can call be blunt through a complete circle av ami d is large supply of ammunition the crew which may number from four to eight or more men are armed wlter dalen and revolvers some of at atio cerar caiet have a steel superstructure that aiges vises fro the charls frame high enough to lie crow crew to stand upright and that capped with a domed from which bullets and shrapnel usually ly fly oft off at a sharp anglo angle without even denting the steel youtha louthis hB companion
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rf6trw/5427152