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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 ...
'Light reconnaissance cars' existed during the Second World War, notably the Daimler Dingo. Given its experience with the successful Dingo (6,626 produced and one of two British AFVs produced throughout WWII) Daimler was awarded a development contract in October 1948, and in June 1950 the first prototype of the Car, Scout, 4×4, Liaison (Ferret ...
In 1938, Alvis produced a prototype armoured light reconnaissance vehicle for comparison trials with other manufacturers. The Alvis Dingo lost out to a design by BSA Cycles but 'Dingo' was adopted as the name for the BSA design; which was built by a BSA subsidiary as the Daimler Dingo. Post-war, Alvis designed a series of six-wheel drive vehicles.
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 ...
Dingo Scout Car (Australia) [1] Lynx Scout Car (Canada) – adaptation of Daimler Dingo using local chassis and engine; S1 Scout Car (Australian) Fox armoured car (Canada) – adaptation of Humber armoured car produced using local chassis; Marmon-Herrington armoured car (South Africa) Rhino heavy armoured car (Australia) Rover light armoured ...
Grosstraktor heavy tank – prototypes built by Daimler-Benz, Rheinmetall and Krupp in 1929s. [44] LK I light tank; LK II light tank; Leichttraktor light tank; Panther [45] Panther II prototype [45] PzKpfw. I Ausf. A Light tank [45] Flammenwerfer auf PzKpfw. I Ausf. A flame-thrower tank [45] Kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen command tank (190) [45 ...
Flutes: Daimler's traditional radiator grille topped by now-vestigial cooling fins adopted by 1905. The Daimler Company Limited (/ ˈ d eɪ m l ər / DAYM-lər), before 1910 known as the Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry.
Alongside the fighting elements was the recce troop, equipped with Jeeps and Daimler Dingo Scout Cars, and the Supply Section, which was in charge of providing the regiment with equipment, food and spare parts for the regiment's tanks. The structure of the Fighting Element of the regiment is shown below: Regimental HQ: