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Humber Armored Car Mark I

 


Statistics

Country of Origin/Used by: UK
First Produced/Service Dates: 1940
Manufactured by: Rootes Group, Ltd.
Crew: 3
Armament: Turret: BESA 15mm and 7.92mm MG
Engine: 6 Cylinder
Miscellaneous Info: Closely related to Guy Wheeled Tank Mk I.
Data Sheet Available: Humber Armored Car Mk I by Dave Haugh

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
Humber Mark I Armored Car (The Tank Museum) - Bovington, UK Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Photo at left, also taken at Bovington

Erik Johansen - South Shields, Tyne & Wear UK


References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
"British Armored Cars in Europe- 1944-1945" By Peter Brown Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #35)
"British Armored Cars in the Middle East, Late 1942" By Peter Brown Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #33)
"The First Belgian Armored Car Squadron of WW II (Part 1): Belgian Armored Cars in Great Britain"  By Raymond Surlemont Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #16)
"The First Belgian Armored Car Squadron of WW II (Part 2): Belgian Armored Cars in Great Britain"  By Raymond Surlemont Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #17)
Humber Mark I Armored Car Photos and Information WW2 Armor by "Panzer Vince" Website

Printed

Reference Author
A Photo History of Armoured Cars in Two World Wars George Forty
Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #21 B.T. White
British Armoured Cars: 1914-1945 B.T. White
Captured Armored Cars and Other Vehicles In Wehrmacht Service in World War 2 Werner Regenberg
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Humber Bent Carlsens Forlag Aps
"Humber at War: Part 2" (October 2011 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) Mike Taylor

Hobby Modeling

Kits and Accessories

Kit Manufacturer Scale Other Information
Humber Armored Car Mark I Model (new tool)

New kit Announcement via Armorama

Sovereign 2000K 1/35 Resin; Coming Soon (as of October 2006)

Model Pictures

Reference Source/Provider
Humber Mark I Armored Car Model Photo by JP Morgan via Missing-Lynx