Davidson-Cadillac armored car [SEP] manufacturer
Davidson-Cadillac armored car
The Davidson-Cadillac armored car of 1915 was developed on a Cadillac chassis by Royal Page Davidson and the cadets of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Highland Park, Illinois. This military vehicle is the "first true" fully armored vehicle made in the United States because it was built specifically just for that purpose and was not a conversion of an automobile or truck.
Description.
The Davidson car was armor clad around the entire vehicle. It had radiator doors that would open for
- Davidson-Duryea gun carriage
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Sources.
- American men of mark (1917), "A Thousand American Men of Mark Today"
- Clemens, Al J., "The American Military Armored Car", A.J. Clemens, 1969
- Delta Upsilon fraternity (1902), "The Delta Upsilon Decennial Catalogue [1903]"
- Kane, Joseph Nathan, "Famous First Facts - A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries and