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The Daimler scout car, known in service as the Daimler Dingo (after the Australian wild dog), is a British light, fast four-wheel drive reconnaissance vehicle also used for liaison during the Second World War.
Australia as a nation was ill-prepared for the Second World War and possessed little in the way of armoured vehicles. Being at the time unable to purchase them from their traditional supplier, the United Kingdom whose industrial output was dedicated to more immediate needs in Europe, they were forced by circumstance to develop and build them from what resources were available in Australia, and ...
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 ...
The 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds us that appeasing tyrants never works. The U.S. must continue to stand strong against tyrants like Vladimir Putin to keep America safe.
On 16 September 1945, the 1-9 R.I. was formed in Fochteloo from Frisian members of the Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten, the combined armed Dutch resistance organizations during World War II. [1] The battalion was under the command of lieutenant colonel E. Wiersma [ 2 ] and was sent to Wokingham in the United Kingdom for training and equipment; [ 3 ...
The Humber scout car was a British light scout car used in the Second World War.It entered service in 1942 and continued in production until 1945. Designed for reconnaissance, and liaison between armoured units, it provided protection only against light arms fire, so was not a front line vehicle.
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