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Thornycroft was taken over on 1 March 1961 by AEC parent Associated Commercial Vehicles (ACV), [8] [9] [10] with production limited to Antars, Big Bens and Nubians, although the Thornycroft-designed six-speed constant mesh gearbox was used in AEC and later medium weight Albion and Leyland trucks. [11] ACV was taken over by Leyland in 1962.
The J Type was designed by Thornycroft to meet a 1911 War Office specification for a 3-ton "subsidy scheme" cargo truck, the scheme provided a grant of £110 to civilian companies towards the purchase price of trucks suitable for military service, but included a provision that the military could requisition the vehicles if they required them ...
Thornycroft Antar. Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3, Model C6T. The Mighty Antar was a heavy-duty 6×4 tractor unit built by Thornycroft from the late 1940s onwards. For some decades it was the standard tank transporter of the British Army and was also used by other nations.
Maximum speed. road speed 64 km/h (40 mph) at 4000 rpm. The Stalwart, formally classified by the British Army as Truck, High Mobility Load Carrier (HMLC), 5 Ton, 6 x 6, Alvis Stalwart and informally known by servicemen as the Stolly, and by former RCT as the Stally, [1] is a highly mobile amphibious military truck.
Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider, known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British video game developer Core Design. The franchise is currently owned by CDE Entertainment; it was formerly owned by Eidos Interactive, then by Square Enix Europe after ...
Power-assisted, front axle. The Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) are a series of military vehicles based upon a common chassis, varying by payload and mission requirements. The FMTV is derived from the Austrian Steyr 12M18 truck, but substantially modified to meet United States Army requirements.
Thornycroft Hathi. King George V inspecting a mechanized machine gun detachment in 1928. The Thornycroft Hathi ( Hindi: "elephant") [1] was an early four wheel drive lorry built by Thornycroft in the 1920s. It was used by the British Army as an artillery tractor .
Nearly five years after pickup trucks made their debut, the Suburban (marketed by both Chevrolet and GMC) was released, again derived from the crew-cab pickup truck body (itself debuting for 1992). Alongside the Suburban, the Chevrolet K5 Blazer also adopted the fourth-generation C/K chassis, with GMC renaming the Jimmy as GMC Yukon (to ...