Tucker Combat Car

Before the ill-fated Tucker automobile, Preston Tucker joined forces with Indianapolis legend, Harry Miller to build a lightweight and fast combat car. Using their experience at Indy they created an armor plated speed demon that could reach 115 mph while its three machine guns pumped out 2900 rounds a minute. Unfortunately, the government never bought the remarkable car but they did like his 360 degree machine gun turret. The turret was ended up in PT boats, landing craft and on B-17 and B-29 bombers. His connection to the Navy during WWII may have influenced his decision to name his Post-War dream car -- The Torpedo.

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[StarshipNormandy7421]

@mrpitv ever hear of the fcx clairity? the first practical fuel cell vehicle

[mrpitv]

I did but can't remember what I heard about it. Fuel cells/hydrogen have dropped off the radar.

[Ron Tee]

Is this for real...this video just doesn't ring true...a gag????

[mrpitv]

It's for real. He tried to sell it and had some orders in Europe but the outbreak of WWII got in the way.

[koledapt]

Where is progress the last 70 Years ? With this Vehicle you can winn every Off Road ,Trial,Dakkar etc .Rally Off Today.Compared with this the Jeep is a Ugly primitiv thing.(Hummer too).

Americans constructed great Cars ,this and for Insance the Turbine Cars and never produced them and wondering that there Auto Industrie goes down.

[mrpitv]

I agree. Made no sense. Much better than the tippy, slow moving Jeep they ended up with. This was a lethal little race car that also had protection for the occupants. Way ahead of the game.

[TPHTCN]

i wonder what it sounded like...

[Beau74]

What an incredible vehicle. I'm a big fan of the Greyhound armored car, but man, this thing would have been much, much better.

[ThePokemonFanBros]

Because they said it was too fast

[indestructableforce]

How was this never bought by the military?!

[mrpitv]

Stay tuned -- we'll be posting some never before seen footage of the Tucker.

[slitor]

heh...Read about the Tucker Sedan...now there's a sad story.

The car the auto industry didn't want to see made.

[astromanism]

It could out run its tanks, trucks, and basically the army it was designed for. Gee Maybe Patton should have stepped in here.

[astromanism]

Its true and this combat car blows away the Hummers that they are using in Iraq and Afghanistan. Something to thing about since this car was built in the 40's!!!

[TPHTCN]

it makes me cry how it never came to be

[StarshipNormandy7421]

@Seattlecarnut more parts means more to go bad look at it from an in the field standpoint things like a/c we take for granted today then it was something they didnt understand it needs to be rugged and simple look at the Russian UAZ or the original merc G wagen