White armored car

White AEF
White 4x2 armored car (1916)
TypeArmored Vehicle
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used byFrench Army, United States Army and United States Marines
WarsWorld War I
Production history
ManufacturerWhite Motor Company
Produced1918
Specifications
Mass3.37 tons
Crew3

Armor3.8–6.35 mm
Main
armament
M1895 Colt–Browning machine guns
Engine4-cylinder petrol
45 hp
Suspension4x2 wheel leaf spring
Maximum speedmax 65 mph

The White armored car was a series of armored cars developed by the White Motor Company in Cleveland, Ohio from 1915.

Models

  • White Number 1 built in 1915 and used by the French.[1]
  • White AM 4x2 armored car built in 1915 from US chassis fitted with armoured hull by Laffly. Used by the French Army during WW-1.[2]
  • White No.2 4x2 armored car built in 1916 and used by the United States Army and United States Marines.[3]
  • White Model 1917 4x2 armored car built in 1917. Not put into production. Developed into the White AEF.[4][5]
  • White AEF (also known as White Model 1918) 4x2 armored car built in 1918 and used by the American Expeditionary Force, French Army[6] until 1933 and in the French colonies until 1941.[7] Some were modernized and fitted with French Laffly chassis, known as White-Laffly.

The White Motor Company continued after the First World War to develop armored cars including the M1 Scout Car, M3 Scout Car, M2 Half Track Car, M3 Half-track, M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, and M16 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage.

See also

References

  1. ^ "White Company Armored Car (1917)". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  2. ^ "White Laffly AMD-50 armoured car (1931)". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  3. ^ "White Armored Car (Armored Motor Car No.2) Infantry Support Vehicle". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  4. ^ "Car, Armored, White, Mod. 1917" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  5. ^ "White Company Armored Car (1917)". tank-afv.com. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  6. ^ "White Armored Car (Armored Motor Car No.2) Infantry Support Vehicle". www.militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
  7. ^ "Other French Equipment". Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2025-12-26.