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Humber Light Reconnaissance Car

Mark II

 


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) Bren .303 light machine gun.
Engine: Humber, gasoline, liquid cooled, producing 85 hp
Miscellaneous:

Although still using the same Humber 8 cwt 4x2 chassis as the Humber LRC Mark I, the Mark II had improved ride, and a turret for a BREN light machine gun. Although it is sometimes difficult to tell a Mark II from a Mark III LRC, the forward fender of the Mark II runs along the line of the armor angle of the front of the vehicle (lower at the front, higher at the rear); while the Humber LRC Mark III fender is lower and runs in a straight line.  Over 3,600 Humber LRCs of all marks were completed by the end of WWII.


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  And 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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