▁the ▁U . S . ▁government . ▁The ▁car ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁reach ▁ 1 0 0   m ph ▁( 1 6 1   km / h ), ▁far ▁in ▁excess ▁of ▁the ▁design ▁specific ations . ▁The ▁U . S . ▁military ▁felt ▁the ▁vehicle ▁was ▁too ▁fast ▁and ▁had ▁already ▁committed ▁to ▁other ▁combat ▁vehicles . ▁The ▁highly ▁mobile , ▁power - oper ated ▁gun ▁tur ret ▁featured ▁on ▁the ▁T ucker ▁combat ▁car , ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" T ucker ▁Tur ret ", ▁earned ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy . ▁Harry ▁Miller ▁would ▁later ▁take ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁designs ▁from ▁the ▁T ucker ▁Com bat ▁Car ▁to ▁American ▁B ant am , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Je ep . ▁ ▁The ▁T ucker ▁Tur ret ▁was ▁soon ▁in ▁production ▁( initial ly ▁at ▁T ucker ' s ▁Y ps il anti ▁machine ▁shop ). ▁While ▁the ▁tur ret ▁is ▁often ▁reported ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁used ▁widely ▁on ▁bom bers , ▁like ▁the ▁B - 1 7 ▁and ▁B - 2 9 , ▁it ▁was ▁actually ▁developed ▁for ▁a ▁different ▁bom ber , ▁the ▁Douglas ▁B - 1 8 ▁B olo . ▁In ▁the ▁end ▁no ▁T ucker ▁tur rets ▁equ ipped ▁any ▁bom bers . ▁ ▁T ucker ' s ▁pat ent ▁and ▁royal ty ▁rights ▁were ▁conf isc ated ▁by ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁T ucker ▁was ▁em bro iled ▁in ▁law su its ▁for ▁years ▁trying