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Daimler Armoured Car



The first prototype was produced in April 1939, the first production vehicles in 1941. They only started to arrive to troops on the African battlefield in 1942. In addition to the British Army, they were in the armaments of Canada and Australia. They lasted in service until the 1960s.


Versions:
Daimler AC Mk.I
Daimler AC Mk.II - from the Mk.I differed by different gun shield in turret, different shape of engine radiator armour
Daimler AC CS - armed with 76.2 mm howitzer
Daimler AC/Littlejohn - gun with Littlejohn adapter
Daimler AC Command - command vehicle without turret


Manufacturer: The Daimler Co., Ltd.


Resources:
Janusz Magnuski: Wozy bojowe Polskich sil zbrojnych 1940 - 1946, Lampart, Warsaw, 1998, ISBN 83-86776-39-0
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Daimler
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vlastní foto Brusel, Koblenz, Bovington 05
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The other attached images show the Daimler Armoured Car vehicles together with the (Daimler) Dingo Scout Car (for size comparison), details of the vehicle chassis construction and a view of the Wireless Set No 19 radio installed in the rear turret of the Daimler Armoured Car.
Meanwhile, on the side wall of the tower (to the right and left of the radio station), the last (3.) picture, one can see the "firing port" (Pistol Port), which was used not only for small arms fire, but also for the eventual discharge of a hand grenade (in case of the need to "drive off" encroaching enemy soldiers who got too close to the vehicle) and especially for the ejection of spent cartridges of the main armament (2 pdr gun) of the vehicle.
It is questionable whether the 4-inch smoke grenade launchers could have been operated through this opening, but given the position of the two "firing ports", their diameter, the proximity of the radio station and especially the diameter of the turret turret, this can be (hopefully successfully) doubted.
But, "never say never"...
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