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The Armadillo is a 4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed and solely operated by Guatemala. It was designed and built in 1981 in response to difficulties in obtaining American made military vehicles due to the ongoing civil war. It was inspired by the Cadillac Gage Commando. [1] [2]
The Armadillo was an extemporized improvised armoured fighting vehicle produced in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940–1941. Based on a number of standard lorry (truck) chassis, it comprised a wooden fighting compartment protected by a layer of gravel and a driver's cab protected by mild steel plates.
Armoured personnel carrier version built on a modular CV90 Mk III chassis. The CV90 Armadillo can be modified to become a personnel carrier, an ambulance, a command and control centre, a recovery vehicle and many other non-turreted variants at low cost due up to 80% commonality among variants. [51]
Other British examples from the invasion-scare period were the Armadillo armoured fighting vehicle and the Bison concrete armoured lorries. Both were conventional trucks fitted with improvised armour, in the case of the Bison, a concrete fighting-compartment was carried, essentially making a mobile pillbox. The Armadillo used two walls of wood ...
Armadillo armoured lorry used for home defence (877; United Kingdom) Armoured Carrier Wheeled Indian Pattern scout car (4,655; India) Arsenal Crossley armoured car (13; Estonia) Autoblindo 40 armoured car (24; Italy) Autoblindo 41 armoured car (550; Italy) Avenger "SP 17pdr, A30 (Avenger)" tank destroyer, not used until after the war (<80 ...
Armored personnel carrier United States: 10 [27] Cadillac Gage Commando: Armored personnel carrier United States: 7 [28] Armadillo: Armored personnel carrier
The British Mark IX tank German half-tracked armoured personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251, WWII. One of the first armored vehicles to be used in combat was the Spanish Schneider-Brillié, which saw action in Morocco. It was built from the chassis of a Schneider P2-4000 bus and could carry 12 passengers. [2]
16th Armored Division (United States), nicknamed Armadillo; Armadillo armoured fighting vehicle, an extemporised armoured fighting vehicle, from Britain in 1940; Armadillo-class tanker, a type of ship commissioned into the United States Navy; Armadillo (APC), a Guatemalan built and operated armoured personnel carrier