Andy’s Hobby Headquarters 1/16 M8 Greyhound US light Armoured Car - AHHQ-008

PRE ORDER RELEASE DATE - Estimated May 2024

 Includes

- Metal barrel
- Detailed drivers’ compartment
- Detailed  turret interior
- Highly detailed .50cal Machine gun included.
- Full body figure
- Movable steering
- Build as either Early or Late version.
- Optional .50 cal. turret ring included.

The M8 light armored car is a 6×6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used from 1943 by United States and British forces in Europe and the Pacific until the end of the war. The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remained in service with some countries.

In British service, the M8 was known as the "Greyhound", a service name seldom, if ever, used by the US. The British Army found it too lightly armored, particularly the hull floor, which anti-tank mines could easily penetrate (the crews' solution was lining the floor of the crew compartment with sandbags). Nevertheless, it was produced in large numbers. The M8 Greyhound's excellent road mobility made it a great supportive element in the advancing American and British armored columns. It was marginal cross country, especially in mud.