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name=Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
  Caption Humber LRC Mk IIIA
  Length 437 m
  Width 188 m
  Height 208 m
  Weight Mk I: 28 t <br> Mk II: 3 t
  Suspension Mk I, II: 4 x 2 wheel <br> Mk III: 4 x 4 wheel
  Speed Road 72 km/h
  Range 180 km
  Primary Boys Anti-tank Rifle
  Secondary 77 mm Bren machine gun
  Armour up to 12 mm
  Engine Gasoline
  Engine Power 80-87 hp (60-65 kW)
  Pw Ratio 29 hp/tonne
  Crew 3



Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, also known as '''Ironside''', was a British Armoured Car produced during the World War II .


HISTORY

Produced by Rootes Groop , the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car was an armored car based on the Humber Super Snipe luxury car chassis with some minor changes such as War Department pattern wheels and run-flat tyres. Was equipped with No. 19 radio set. From 1940 to 1943 over 3600 units were built.

The vehicle was used by Infantry Reconnaissance Regiments and the RAF Regiment in Tunisia , Italy and Western Europe . Three Mk I vehicles were modified for use by the British Royal Family and the Cabinet Ministers and were known as ''Special Ironside Saloons''. After the war, some vehicles remained in service with the British units in India and in the Far East .


VARIANTS

  • Mk I - original version with open-topped hull.


  • Mk II - received roof armor and machine gun turret.

  • Mk III (1941) - four-by-four chassis. Externally similar to the Mk II.


  • Mk IIIA (1943) - had additional vision ports at the front angles of the hull.



REFERENCES AND EXTERNAL LINKS


  • George Forty - ''World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Self-Propelled Artillery'', Osprey Automotive.

  • И. Мощанский - ''Бронетанковая техника Великобритании 1939-1945 часть 2'', Моделист-Конструктор, Бронеколлекция 1999-02 (I. Moschanskiy - ''Armored vehicles of the Great Britain 1939-1945 part 2'', Modelist-Konstruktor, Bronekollektsiya 1999-02).

  • Warwheels.net