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Lanchester 6x4 Mark 1 & 2 Armored Car

Lanchester Mark 2

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	UK
First Produced/Service Dates:	Mark 1 = 1928 Mark 2 = 1929
Manufactured by:	Chassis: Lanchester Motor Company, Ltd. (later BSA Group); Armored Hull: Royal Ordnance Factories
Crew:	4
Armament:	Turret: (1) Vickers .5 inch Heavy Machine Gun & (1) .303 MG ; Left Hull: (1) .303 inch MG
Engine:	6-Cylinder Gasoline
Miscellaneous Info:	The Lanchester armored cars were primarily built in Mark 1 and Mark 2 versions. The Mark 1 cars can be identified by having dual-rear wheels and a drum shaped turret cupola. The Mark 2 vehicles were fitted with single rear wheels and a "Bishop's Mitre" shaped turret cupola.  Some Mark 1 and 2 vehicles were built as command vehicles, fitted with radios instead of the hull mounted machine gun.  These were designated Mark 1A and Mark 2A respectively. A total of 39 cars were built in all versions, some even serving into the early part of World War Two.  Approximate numbers produced were: Mark 1 (18), Mark 1A (4), Mark 2 (7), Mark 2A (6), with he remaining four (4) being the D1E1, D1E2 prototypes and the D1E3 and D1E4 training chassis.
Data Sheet Available:	None Available

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Lanchester Mark 1 Armored Car Photos	The David Haugh Collection
Lanchester Mark 1 Armored Car Photo	Imperial War Museum
Lanchester Mark 1 Armored Car Photo	The Polish National Archives
Lanchester Mark 1A? Armored Car Photo	The David Haugh Collection
Lanchester Mark 1A Armored Car Photo	Imperial War Museum
Lanchester Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	Major (Retired) Don Allen - Orleans, Ontario Canada
Lanchester Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	The Massimo Foti Collection
Lanchester Mark 2 Armored Car Photos (Bovington Tank Museum)	David Green - Oxfordshire, UK
Lanchester Mark 2 Armored Car Detail Photos (Bovington Tank Museum)	Alan McNeilly - England
Lanchester Mark 2A Armored Car Photos	Imperial War Museum

References Available

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Reference	Author
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars	George Forty
British Armoured Cars: 1914-1945	B.T. White
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
"Steel Horse, The" (modeling the Millicast Lanchester Mark II model kit) -  (February 2014 Issue of Airfix World Magazine)	Mike Grant
War Cars: British Armoured Cars in the First World War	David Fletcher
"Work of Genius" -  (October Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	David Fletcher

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