Except for a number of Renault FT tanks that arrived with the Blue Army formed in France, the Polish forces lacked any natively-built armoured reconnaissance vehicles.

[2] During the Soviet offensive leading to the battle of Warsaw the situation became even more tragic as many Austin-Putilov Armoured Cars that had been captured from the Red Army were retaken by the Bolshevik forces.

After a series of tests production started, and each of the combat ready cars was immediately dispatched to the front-line and attached to various units.

[1] The high speed, agility, and uncomplicated servicing and repair (due to the commercial Ford T chassis) were among the advantages of the vehicle.

The Ford Tf C was small in comparison to other armoured vehicles of the era, for example half the size of the Austin-Putilov,and offered a smaller target.