M-8 Greyhound 6x6 Light Armored Car

The Car, Armored, Light, 6x6 M8 (called the Greyhound by the British) was equipped with a 37mm main gun plus two machine guns: one .30 cal. mounted coaxially with the main gun plus one .50 cal. anti-aircraft gun mounted on the turret. The M-8 Greyhound was produced in Ford's plant in St. Paul, MN from July 1943 to June 1945, with a production total of about 8,500 vehicles.

The side racks on the M8, between the front and rear wheels, originally held land mines, three on each side. The land mine racks were later replaced with enclosed storage boxes.

The M8 was closely related to the open-top M20 Armored Utility Car, also produced by Ford.

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M-8 Greyhound 6x6 Armored Car (G-136)

Crew	4
Weight	17,500 lbs.
Height	7 ft, 4.5 in. (including MG)
Width	8 ft, 4 in.
Length	16 ft, 5 in.
Engine	Hercules JXD 6 cyl, gasoline
Horsepower	86
Transmission	4 fwd speeds, 1 rev
Transfer case	2 speed
Road Speed	56 mph.
Range	300–350 mi.
Fording depth	2 ft, 8 in.

Manuals for the M-8 Armored Car (and in common with the G-176 M20) include:

TM 9-743 Operation and Maintenance. Light Armored Car M8 (10 March 1943)
TM 9-1743 Power Train, Suspension, Hull, and Turret Rebuild and Overhaul (October 1943)
TM 9-1832A Hercules Engines, Series JX Models A, C, D, E-3, F
Preliminary Service Parts Catalog for Car, Armored, Light, M8 (June 1943)
ORD 7 SNL G-176 Organizational Maintenance Parts List (January 1952)
ORD 8 SNL G-136 Field / Depot Maintenance Allowances (Parts) for M8 (G-136) & M20 (G-176) (March 1952)
ORD 9 SNL G-136 Parts listing

Find additional photos and hi-res versions of the M-8 Greyhound 6x6 Armored Car at the Olive-Drab Military Mashup:

M8 Greyhound from 30th Infantry Division moves out from Kinzweiler, Germany, 21 November 1944.

81st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion M-8 Armored Car carrying German POWs, during breakout from the Anzio beachhead, late-May 1944.

M8 Greyhound and infantry of the US First and Third Armies made contact at Houffalize, Belgium, 16 January 1945.

An M8 headquarters armored car from the 15th Constabulary Squadron patrols along the West German border, October 1952.

US Army M8 Greyhound Armored Car at the Arc de Triomphe soon after the liberation of Paris from Nazi control, August 1944. CPT Bill Buenzle, Commander Troop A, 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mecz) of the 102nd Cavalry Group. CPT Buenzle was from Roselle, NJ.

US Third Army troops wait for the order which would start a drive to the Rhine, circa March 1945. The two halftrack vehicles are captured German armored personnel carriers. CCKW, M8 Greyhound, jeeps and other vehicles in the photo.

M-8 Greyhound 6x6 Armored Car Photo Gallery

M8 armored cars of the 28th Constabulary Squadron, Germany, February 1952.

M-8 Armored Car. Photo: Courtesy of Douglas Greville.

M-8 Armored Car. Photo: Courtesy of John Buckley
M8 Armored Car. Photo: Courtesy of John Buckley.

Spc. Clinton Meek, Restoration Supervisor for the 3/3 ACR I Troop Cavalry Museum, checking out the engine of an M-8 Armored car on display at Ft. Carson, CO, 8 January 1998.