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Humber Light Reconnaissance Car

Mark I

 


Statistics

Country of Orgin/Used by: UK
First Produced/Service Dates: 1941?
Manufactured by: Rootes Group (Humber)
Crew: 3
Armament: (1) Boys .55 Anti-Tank Gun and (1) light machine gun.
Engine: Humber, gasoline, liquid cooled, producing 80 hp
Miscellaneous: The Humber LRC Mk I was built on the Humber Super Snipe chassis, with drive only to the rear wheels (4x2 Configuration). While armor was shaped well, the vehicle was open-topped with minimal protection for the crew. A limited number of Mark Is were completed before production switched to the Humber LRC Mark II.  Over 3,600 Humber LRCs of all marks were completed by the end of WWII.

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Photo Above Courtesy of David Haugh - Oregon USA

References Available

Online

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"The Wyvern of Wessex and their Armored Cars"  By M. McEwen Charlish Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #32, Page 4)

Printed

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A Photo History of Armoured Cars in Two World Wars George Forty
Armoured Cars (Marmon-Herrington, Alvis-Straussler, Light Reconnaissance) - AFV Weapons Profile #30 B.T. White
British Armoured Cars 1914-1945 B.T. White
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Humber Bent Carlsens Forlag Aps

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