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Show ARMORED CAR IN WARFARE European Armies Have Found It of the Greatest Value In Their Operations. Although nn engine now to warfare,, the ntmored motor car has proved extremely ex-tremely useful, especially for outpost and scouting duty. FaBt, silent, and mobllo, It covers a vast amount of ground on tho splendid roadB that crisscross tho field of war in western Europo. Most of tho cars aro incased In a light framo of tough steel pinto-'hat pinto-'hat ranges In thickness from three-sixteenths three-sixteenths of nn inch to a quarter of in Inch, and that is lmporvlous to rlflo ind machine-gun flro. All tho vulner- ible parts ot the motor, such as the- m radiator and steering gear, and in fl 9omo of tho nowest cars tho wheels, 1 iro protected by tho steel covering. J Tho wheels, both wood nnd wlro, are I 3aid to withstand tho roughest sort of I usage. Accidents to tho tires aro f. much less common thnn nnyonn would f oxpect. Tho cars carry a light arma- f ment ono or two machine guns so nounted that they can bo swung ' through a complete circle and a i largo supply of ammunition. Tho crow, which may number from four to jrjr olght or more men, are armed with 1 rifles nnd revolvers. Somo of tho cars liavo a steel superstructure that rises from tho chasls framo high enough ' to onablo the crow to stand upright, y and that Is capped with a domed roof, from which bullets and shrapnel usually usu-ally fly off at a Bharp anglo without even denting tho steel. Youth's Com- , punlon. ' |