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The cars currently used are armoured, custom built Range Rover Sentinel supercharged 5.0 litre V8 models and armoured Audi A8L models. [1] [2] Prime ministerial and ministerial limousines are operated and administered by the Government Car Service, an executive agency of the Department for Transport, and stored and maintained at 10 Downing Street.
This was a compact light armored car which was either unarmed or armed only with machine guns for self-defense. [32] Scout cars were designed as purpose-built reconnaissance vehicles for passive observation and intelligence gathering. [32] Armored cars which carried large caliber, turreted weapons systems were not considered scout cars. [32]
There are a variety of armoring standards [6] [7] which relate to non-military armored vehicles, the most common are: . Ballistics Rating (BR): This is a European standard which certifies the materials used both transparent (BR - DIN EN 1063) and opaque (FB - DIN EN 1522/23), general guidelines on vehicle construction and covers 3 levels from 2 to 7 .
M1 combat car; Light tank M2; Light tank M3/M5; Light tank (airborne) M22; Light tank M24; M41/A1/A2/A3 Walker Bulldog; M551/A1 Sheridan (armored reconnaissance airborne assault vehicle) T7 combat car
M1 car, halftrack, (T1E1) 1933, Cadillac 8-cylinder, 115 HP. (33 produced) M2 half-track truck, (T9) (Ford) M2 half-track car, (T14) Autocar, White Motor Co. M3 half-track, Autocar, White Motor Co. M4 81 mm mortar carriage; M5 half-track variant of M2 half-track car built by International Harvester; M9 half-track car
The Dongfeng EQ2050 [b] is a Chinese-made armored vehicle based on the Humvee, manufactured for government use by the Dongfeng Motor Group. It is known to be sold by the company for 700,000 Yuan ($93,000). [5] The vehicle was created after People's Liberation Army (PLA) officials saw the Humvee deployed in the Gulf War. While it is used in the ...
The Panhard ERC (Engin à Roues, Canon; "Wheeled vehicle, cannon") is a French six-wheeled armoured car which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof. Two versions of the ERC entered production in large numbers: the ERC-90 Lynx and the ERC-90 Sagaie. The main difference between the two versions is the type of turret ...
The armored car "Shot" entered service with the Russian Defense Ministry in 2009. Antiterrorist units of all divisions of the Strategic Missile Forces are equipped with "KAMAZ-43269" armored vehicles as of 2013. [5] In 2015 several BPM-97 were used in War in Donbas where at least 3 of them were destroyed in February 2015. [6]