| “ | Colonial Armoured Cars are quick, well-rounded urban assault platforms. These anti-infantry vehicles are equipped with twin-barrelled machineguns. | „ |
| — In-game description |
The T3 “Xiphos” is the standard Colonial Armored Car. It is equipped with a twin 7.92mm machine gun.
The T3 “Xiphos” houses a crew of two soldiers:
LMBThe T3 “Xiphos” is equipped with one main armament:
| Structure | Input(s) | Output | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
Garage  |
25 x Refined Materials  |
T3 “Xiphos”  |
25  hits |
Mass Production Factory  | 180 x Refined Materials | 3 crates  of 3 x T3 “Xiphos” | 01:02:30 |
| Mass Production Factory | 225 x Refined Materials | 4 crates of 3 x T3 “Xiphos” | 01:23:20 |
| Mass Production Factory | 262 x Refined Materials | 5 crates of 3 x T3 “Xiphos” | 01:44:10 |
Must be fully researched in the Vehicle 
Tech Tree in order to be produced.
Mass Production Factory orders must have at least 3 crates.
The T3 “Xiphos” can be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.
It can be packaged into a medium Shippable and transported by any Shipping Vehicle (Crane, Flatbed Truck, Barge, Freighter, Storage Ship, Landing Ships, Flatbed Car). It can be lifted by any crane. A mobile Crane or Large Crane can undeploy and move while holding it.
The Crates of T3 “Xiphos” produced by Mass Production Factories can be packaged and transported by any Shipping Vehicle then submitted to a Storage Depot or Seaport to be stored and unpacked.
Due to the limitations of its caliber and armour, the T3 “Xiphos” is solely designed to combat infantry. It should only be used to support friendly soldiers by killing or suppressing enemy infantry (and unarmoured vehicles) out in the open or in cover behind passive defenses like Trenches or Sandbags. It cannot assault enemy defenses, especially with active AI, since it cannot damage structures and struggles to suppress garrisoned ones. It should also never be used against armored vehicles.
It should remain on roads because of its mediocre offroad mobility and vulnerability to AT Mines (a single one nearly disables it). It should ideally be supported by friendly infantry protecting its sides from enemies flanking with AT weapons.
Its gun has no damage falloff, allowing it to deal full damage to targets 40m away (the very end of the aiming line). Combined with the gun's large magazine and decent accuracy in short bursts it is safer to shoot enemy positions from 40m and resist the urge to unnecessarily drive closer.
Effectiveness over the Course of the War
Similar to all armored cars, the T3 “Xiphos” becomes nearly obsolete on the front line once heavier anti-tank weapons like Anti-Tank Rifles or RPGs are researched. Those weapons disable and destroy Armoured Cars too quickly and their longer range prevent the crew from reacting fast enough.
Standard Equipment Loadout
Like with every other armored vehicle, the crew should ALWAYS equip themselves with a Gas Mask and a couple Filters to avoid dying to Gas Grenades after they are researched. Additionally, they should bring a Hammer and Basic Materials to repair the vehicle. These tactics can be buffed by wearing either a Tank Uniform or an Engineer Uniform.
