M38 Wolfhound

M38 Wolfhound
M38 Wolfhound
Type	Armored car
Place of origin	United States
Specifications
Mass	6.9 t (6.8 long tons; 7.6 short tons)
Length	5.11 m (16 ft 9 in)
Width	2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Crew	4
Armor	6 to 12 mm
Main; armament	37 mm M6
Secondary; armament	.30 caliber Browning M1919A4 machine gun ; .50 caliber (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine gun
Engine	Cadillac 42, V-8, gasoline; 148/110 hp (110/82 kW)
Power/weight	19.3/14.3 hp/tonne
Suspension	wheels, 6×6
Operational; range	483 km (300 mi)
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.^{[citation needed]}

Development history

M38 fitted with a turret from the Chaffee.

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]

References

Citations

^ Davis (2012), p. 94.
^ Icks. US Armoured Cars

Bibliography

"T28/M38 Wolfhound 6x6 Armored Car". warwheels.net. David Haugh. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
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