The T23 armored car was an entry from the Fargo Division Chrysler
for a new fast tank destroyer to replace the M6 37mm gun motor carriage in July 1941 initiated by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department. Required specification was to be able to withstand fire from a .50 in (12.7 mm) machine gun to the front and side from a .30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun. Although
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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's headquarters were in favor, the design was rejected in favor of the Ford
T22.
Design
The design was a traditional 6x6 armored truck frame vehicle with a
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105 horsepower engine toward the rear and a Clark 5-speed transmission. The design was supposedly going to incorporate a hull mounted machine gun but this never made it past the planning phase.
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Armored cars of the United States