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Daimler Scout Car of the Dutch Princess Irene Brigade in 1943. The Dingo was first used by the British Expeditionary Force (1st Armoured Division and 4th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) during the Battle of France. It turned out to be so successful that no replacement was sought until 1952 with the production of the Daimler Ferret. Principal ...
The best-known is the fluid flywheel, used for touring cars such as the Daimler (Armstrong Siddeley used a centrifugal clutch). [2] Sports cars used a Newton centrifugal clutch . [ 2 ] This was a multiple plate dry clutch , similar to racing manual clutches of the time, but with the pressure plate centrifugally actuated to engage at around ...
Daimler Dingo, Humber scout car, light ambulance, 15cwt GS truck, most Universal Carriers: 5: most 15cwt trucks, 30cwt GS truck, White scout car, ambulance, Humber staff car, Windsor universal carrier, Lynx, 4 wheel trailer 6: most 30cwt trucks, some 3-ton trucks, Morris C8 "quad" tractor, 6-pounder gun 7
Immediately prior to the war, this changed with vehicles such as the Dingo designed from the start for armoured use. Such vehicles provided better handling, along with removing many compromises in design caused by the inherited chassis. Scout cars. Daimler Dingo (6,626) Humber scout car (4,300) Light reconnaissance cars. Humber light ...
British Daimler Dingo Mk 1 – Le. Pz.Sp.Wg. Mk l 202(e) British AEC Dorchester armoured bus; British Universal Carrier – Gepanzerter Maschinengewehrträger Bren 731(e) British Universal Carrier – Gep. MG-Träger Br 731(e) modified with 20 mm Flak 38; British Universal Carrier – 8.8 cm Raketenpanzerbüchse 43 (with 88 mm Rockets)
The Daimler armoured car was a parallel development to the Daimler Dingo scout car, a small armoured vehicle for scouting and liaison roles. It was another Birmingham Small Arms Company design. A larger version designed on the same layout as the Dingo fitted with the turret similar to that of the Mark VII 'Tetrarch' Light Tank and a more ...
Like the Daimler scout car, the Ferret suspension consisted of pairs of transverse links and single coil springs, the wheels driven by Tracta constant-velocity joints, but the Ferret benefited from epicyclic reduction gears reducing transmission torque loads, essential with the six cylinder 4.26 litre water-cooled Rolls-Royce B.60 petrol engine ...
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