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American armoured vehicles were purchased and sometimes re-fitted with British guns, and were used by British and British-supplied Allied forces throughout the war. Sherman IC and VC – Sherman I and Sherman V medium tank chassis adapted by the British with a redesigned turret to mount a British 17-pounder gun.
A British Indian Army armoured car regiment, partly equipped with Humbers, served in the reconquest of Burma. [6] Portugal received a number of Humber vehicles in 1943, most of them going to the Army , but with 20 going to the National Republican Guard .
This article lists British armoured fighting vehicle production during the Second World War.The United Kingdom produced 27,528 tanks and self-propelled guns from July 1939 to May 1945, as well as 26,191 armoured cars and 69,071 armoured personnel carriers (mostly the Universal Carrier).
The Daimler armoured car was a successful British armoured car design of the Second World War that continued in service into the 1950s. It was designed for armed reconnaissance and liaison purposes. During the postwar era, it doubled as an internal security vehicle in a number of countries.
Armoured Car Regiments were reconnaissance units employed by the British Army during the 20th century. The primary equipment of these units was the armoured car with many different types of armoured cars serving in the regiments during the Second World War and the Cold War. An armoured car regiment typically numbered several hundred men and ...
AEC of Southall, England was a manufacturer of truck and bus chassis and its Matador artillery tractor was used for towing medium field and heavy anti-aircraft guns. The armoured car based on the Matador artillery chassis was developed initially as a private venture and a mock-up was shown to officials in 1941 at Horse Guards Parade in London, where it made a favourable impression on Winston ...
Standard Car 4x2, or Car Armoured Light Standard, better known as the Beaverette, was a British improvised armoured car produced during the Second World War. History [ edit ]
BA-27 armoured car (215; Soviet Union) BA-30 prototype half-tracked armoured car (Soviet Union) BA-64 armoured car (9,110; Soviet Union) BA-I armoured car (82; Soviet Union) Badger flamethrower version of the Ram tank (Canada) Bedford OXA improvised armoured car built on heavy truck chassis (948; United Kingdom)