T55 3-Inch Gun Motor Carriage
“Cook Interceptor”
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Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | USA |
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| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1942 |
| Manufactured by: | Allied Machinery Manufacturing Company. (Designed by Cook Brothers Equipment Company) |
| Crew: | 4-5 |
| Armament: | Main: (1) 3-Inch Cannon; Secondary: (1) .50 cal Heavy Machine Gun |
| Engine: | (2) 8-Cylinder Gasoline (Cadillac, water-cooled) |
| Miscellaneous Info: | The one T55 GMC prototype preceded the lone T55E1 vehicle, which was also designed by the Cook Brothers. Both the T55 and T55E1 were informally called the ‘Cook Interceptor’ and were chain driven. Although the peformance of both vehicles was deemed very good, they were not adopted for production because the US Army’s preference had changed instead to favor tracked anti-tank vehicles. |
| T55E1 3-Inch 8x8 Gun Motor Carriage |
“Cook Interceptor”
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Statistics
| Country of Origin/Used by: | USA |
|---|---|
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1943 |
| Manufactured by: | Allied Machinery Manufacturing Company. (Designed by Cook Brothers Equipment Company) |
| Crew: | 4 |
| Armament: | Main: (1) 3-Inch cannon; Secondary: (1) .50 cal heavy machine gun. |
| Engine: | (2) Cadillac 8-cylinder water-cooled engines. |
| Miscellaneous Info: | The one T55E1 GMC prototype succeeded the lone T55 vehicle, which was also designed by the Cook Brothers. Both the T55 and T55E1 were informally called the ‘Cook Interceptor’ and were chain driven. Although the peformance of both vehicles was deemed very good they were not adopted for production because by the time they were tested in 1942-43, the US Army’s preference had changed in favor of tracked anti-tank vehicles instead. |
| AEC Deacon Mark 1 6-Pounder Gun Carrier |
Statistics
| Country of Origin/Used by: | Great Britain & Turkey |
|---|---|
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1942 |
| Manufactured by: | Associated Equipment Company, Ltd. |
| Crew: | 5 |
| Armament: | Main: 6-Pounder (57mm) QF Cannon |
| Engine: | 6-Cylinder AEC A173 7.7 litre Diesel |
| Miscellaneous Info: | The AEC Deacon was built on the AEC 0853 “Matador” 4x4 Truck Chassis like the Dorchester Armored Command Vehicle. The Deacon was designed and created by the British to quickly get as many mobile anti-tank guns into the North African campaign against the Germans as possible. Only 175 vehicles were built and used before the end of the hostilities in Africa in 1943. The British then deemed these vehicles as obsolete with some of them converted to armored ammunition carriers and others transfered as-is to the Turkish military. |