Armored Motor Car Company

The Armored Motor Car Company (AMC) was a company in Detroit, United States. It is known for producing the King Armored Car, the founding vehicle of the 1st Armored Car Squadron of the United States Marines.

External links

United States Patent #1358579 for an armored car, credited to Waldo A. Ross of the AMC.

Sources

Kenneth W. Estes. Marines under armor: the Marine Corps and the armored fighting vehicle, 1916-2000. Library of Naval Biography. Naval Institute Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55750-237-4, ISBN 978-1-55750-237-7. Pg 3

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