| Guy Armoured Car | |
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 Guy Mk I |
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| Place of origin | UK |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 5. 2 t |
| Length | 4. 12 m |
| Width | 2. 06 m |
| Height | 2. 29 m |
| Crew | 3 |
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| Armour | up to 15 mm |
| Primary armament |
. For body armour see Armour, for armoured forces see Armoured warfare, for other uses see Armour (disambiguation. 5 inch Vickers machine gun |
| Secondary armament |
. The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a name primarily used to refer to the water-cooled. 303 inch Vickers machine gun |
| Engine | Meadows 4ELA 4-cyl petrol engine 55 hp (41 kW) |
| Power/weight | 10. A Petrol engine or Gasoline engine is an Internal combustion engine with spark-ignition designed to run on petrol ( Gasoline) and similar volatile 6 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | 4 x 4 wheel |
| Operational range |
340 km |
| Speed | 64 km/h |
The Guy Armoured Car was a British armoured car produced in limited numbers during World War II. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A military armored (or armoured) car (see spelling differences) is a wheeled armored vehicle lighter than other armored fighting vehicles primarily World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The car saw limited action during the Battle of France. In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries
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Production history and description
In 1938 Guy Motors built five Guy Quad armoured car prototypes based on the Quad-Ant artillery tractor chassis. Guy Motors was a British company based in Fallings Park, Wolverhampton that made cars lorries and buses The vehicle successfully completed field trials and in 1939-1940 101 Guy Armoured Cars (initially designated Guy Wheeled Light Tank) were produced.
The vehicle had a welded hull (making it the first British armoured car with an all-welded construction) with a sloped glacis plate. Above the center of the hull was mounted a turret with two Vickers or Besa machine guns. In Architecture, a turret (from Italian: torretta, little tower Latin: turris, tower is a small Tower that The Machine Gun BESA was a British version of the Czechoslovakian ZB-53 machine-gun (also designated as the Model 37 machine-gun in some countries and used by The engine was located at the rear. The vehicle carried a No. 19 radio.
The body of the Guy vehicle formed the basis of the later Humber Armoured Car, which employed a new chassis. The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of World War II.
Deployment history
Six cars were sent to France with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The British Expeditionary Force ( BEF) was the British army sent to the Western Front in France and Belgium on the outbreak of Four were used by the mobile guard of the British Royal Family (a troop from 12th Lancers) and two by cabinet ministers. The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. A minister or a secretary is a Politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional Government. The rest served with different British, Belgian, Danish and Dutch units stationed in Britain. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands By 1943 they were replaced by more modern vehicles.
Variants
- Mk I - original version. 50 units built.
- Mk IA - was armed with Besa 15 mm and 7. The Machine Gun BESA was a British version of the Czechoslovakian ZB-53 machine-gun (also designated as the Model 37 machine-gun in some countries and used by 92 mm machine guns instead of the Vickers. 51 units built.
References
- George Forty - World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Self-Propelled Artillery, Osprey Publishing 1996, ISBN 1-85532-582-9.
- I. Moschanskiy - Armored vehicles of the Great Britain 1939-1945 part 2, Modelist-Konstruktor, Bronekollektsiya 1999-02 (И. Мощанский - Бронетанковая техника Великобритании 1939-1945 часть 2, Моделист-Конструктор, Бронеколлекция 1999-02).
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