1943 Ford M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car

1943 Ford M8 Greyhound in The Guns of Navarone, Movie, 1961

Class: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2005-12-17 10:49	german troops, but the vehicle is not german at all, it's a american "armoured car" , well known, but I can't remember the M number -- Last edit: 2005-12-17 10:49:55
Jun ◊ 2005-12-17 11:11	Modifyed M-8 Greyhound ?
Alexander ◊ 2005-12-17 17:19	It is the Ford M8 'Greyhound' (1943) in original condition.
Jun ◊ 2005-12-18 12:55	Umm... I misunderstood that a German was using it. Observe the picture Deliberately,It was encircled by German.
sixcyl ◊ 2005-12-19 01:35	...often, they used allied forces vehicule for making film,because it was easier to find than real german ones...of course german forces had never operated such Ford M8 (except few which were captured...)
Hiergehts ◊ 2006-05-05 05:27	Since the Greek military provided help in the making of this film and I'm sure they quickly got rid of any ex-Wehrmacht equipment that was left behind following the end of the war, there was little choice but to use the US replacement armoured equipment as 'German'.
Kooshmeister ◊ 2014-07-30 07:21	Jun wrote Umm... I misunderstood that a German was using it. Observe the picture Deliberately,It was encircled by German. Observe more deliberately, the men in it are in German uniforms.