Don't forget about the contest (why don't we have many Entries):  Send in the best idea for a paper model!!
(Any that are listed as models that will be coming on the site will be disqualified.)
We will have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
1st place winner will receive the paper model they suggested plus the Wehrmacht and Rangers, all free.
2nd place winner will get the model they suggested and the A-40 Engine, both free.
3rd place winner will get the model they suggested, free.
To enter, simply send your ideas to moriah.gn22.8@wildbear.net . Pictures with the idea will be given more consideration. You may enter as many times as you like (with a new idea per entry, of course).

Then there is the poll hardly anybody has entered (Please Enter) (it is on the right of any page on the site but the forum)

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Picture of M8 Greyhound

The M8 Light Armored Car was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during World War II. It was used by the U.S. and British troops in Europe and the Far East until the end of the war.^[2] The vehicle was widely exported and as of 2006 still remains in service with some third world countries.^[2]

In British service, the M8 was known as the Greyhound. The British Army found it too lightly armored, particularly the hull floor where anti-tank mines could easily penetrate (crews' solution was lining the floor of the crew compartment with sandbags). Nevertheless, it had good off-road capabilities^{[citation needed]} and was produced in large numbers. The M8 Greyhound's excellent mobility made it a great supportive element in the advancing American and British armored columns.

Development history

In July 1941, the Ordnance Department initiated a development of a new fast tank destroyer to replace the M6 37 mm Gun Motor Carriage, which was essentially a ¾-ton truck with a 37 mm gun installed in the rear bed.^[2] The requirement was for a 6x4 wheeled vehicle armed with a 37 mm gun, a coaxial machine gun mounted in a turret, and a machine gun in the front hull.^[2] Its glacis armor was supposed to withstand fire from a .50 in (12.7 mm) machine gun and side armor from a .30 in (7.62 mm) machine gun. Prototypes were submitted by Studebaker (designated T21), ... Read more »