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JCB HMEElarger figure on 1 of 1
Measured figures
Length
Single source6x6
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | JCB HMEE | M3 scout car |
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| Type | Backhoe loader[source] | Armored car[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom United States[source] | United States[source] |
| Used by | Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Israel , New Zealand , Spain , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] | World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War Hukbalahap Rebellion Indonesian National Revolution Greek Civil War 1948 Arab–Israeli War Costa Rican Civil War 1958 Lebanon crisis First Indochina War Algerian War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Congo Crisis Dominican Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Salvadoran Civil War |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
9.45 to 10.10 m (372 to 398 in) 6x6: 6.9 m (270 in)[source]
Length
Single source18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Manufacturer | JCB[source] | White Motor Company[source] |
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| Produced | 2007–present[source] | 1939–1944[source] |
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| No. built | >900 (as of 2020)[source] | 21,054 (M1: 76 + M2: 20 + M2A1/M3: 64 + M3A1: 20,918)[source] |
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| Armor | A-kit: standard unprotected B-kit: applique and transparent armour C-kit (Theatre Entry Standard): blast mitigation belly plate, internal spall liner, slat armour, capacity for electronic counter-measures and situational awareness.[source] | Maximum .5 in (13 mm)[source] |
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| Transmission | ZF Ergopower transmission (6 gears forward, 2 backwards)[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.4 m (16 in)[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 1941-today[source] |
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| Designer | — | White Motor Company[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1939[source] |
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| Main armament | — | .50 cal M2 Browning[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 1–2 x .30 cal M1917 Browning or M1919 Browning machine guns[source] |
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| Drive | — | Wheeled 4x4[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Leaf springs[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 30 US gal (110 L)[source] |
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| References | — | Bishop & Foss[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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