Rolls-Royce Armoured Car
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The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car is a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used during the First World War, Irish Civil War, the inter-war period in Imperial Air Control in Transjordan, Palestine and Mesopotamia, and in the early stages of the Second World War in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Rolls Royce Armoured Car | |
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Type | Armoured car |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | 1915–1944 |
Wars | |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Rolls-Royce |
No. built | 120 (First World War) |
Variants | Rolls-Royce 1920 Pattern, Rolls-Royce 1924 Pattern, Fordson Armored Car, Rolls Royce Indian Pattern[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4.7 tonnes[1] |
Length | 4.93 m (194 in)[1] |
Width | 1.93 m (76 in)[1] |
Height | 2.54 m (100 in)[1] |
Crew | 3 (commander, driver, and machine-gunner)[1] |
Armor | 12 mm (0.47 in) |
Main armament | .303 (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun[1] |
Secondary armament | none |
Engine | 6-cylinder petrol, water-cooled [1] 80 hp (60 kW)[1] |
Power/weight | 19 hp/tonne |
Suspension | 4x2 wheel (double rear wheels), leaf spring[1] |
Operational range | 240 km or 150 miles[1] |
Maximum speed | 72 km/h (45 mph)[1] |
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