Remarkable for its versatile service, a “pygmy,” truck and scout car being produced for the U. S. army by Ford Motor company is a wholly new type of military vehicle. Known as a “command reconnaissance four-four,” the small, lightweight car is powered with a forty-two horsepower, four-cylinder engine adapted from the Ford tractor, and has a four-wheel drive, a unique feature being that the front-wheel axle can be used either as a driving axle or as an idling axle. There is an auxiliary transmission in addition to the regular gear box, resulting in six speeds forward and two feverse. The car will travel about sixty miles an hour on level surfaces. When on reconnaissance duty the car carries three men and an all-angle machine gun. Storage space for a submachine gun is provided. It is expected to prove useful for hauling light freight and in towing anti-tank guns and other small field pieces. Since it is capable of carrying several men, it can transport troops quickly. The truck has shown an ability to take sharp inclines and to travel over very soft ground. Hand grips are provided around the outside so the crew may help lift it out if the car falls into a deep hole. The windshield folds down flat over the broad hood for wartime service, and there is also a folding top. In addition to ordinary lights, the car is equipped with blackout lamps at front and rear. A brush guard extends across the front of the car. Built extremely low to the ground, the midget truck is only thirty-eight inches high at the cowl, and it has a wheelbase of eighty-one inches.