In the 1930’s, Preston Tucker partnered with Harry Miller to design an armor plated car for the U.S. military, which was named the Tucker Combat Car. Although the order with the U.S military ultimately fell through, they did purchase the rotating gun turret on top of the car, known as the Tucker Turret. It was installed on top of Bombers, Torpedo Boats, and landing craft and was used during World War 2. The Tucker Turret allowed gunners on planes and ships to target enemy planes and ships in the protection of a dome, while also being able to shoot the gun itself. The Tucker Combat car could go 90 MPH, by some observations it could even break 100 MPH. Speed is an issue even today's tanks suffer from, and ultimately could have helped the US in World War 2.
Tucker had a deal with the United States military and the Dutch, although the Dutch ultimately turned the offer away after Germany invaded Netherlands. The order with the United States fell through as they said the vehicle was "too fast."
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