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Rover Mark II Light Armored Car


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Country of Orgin/Used by: Australia
First Produced/Service Dates: 1943
Manufactured by: Chassis: Ford Motor Company of Australia; Armor: Ruskin Motor Body Works
Crew: 5
Armament: Primary: .303 Vickers Gun; Secondary: .303 BREN Gun
Engine: 8 Cylinder
Miscellaneous Info: Based on the 5 ton CMP truck chassis.  Never saw combat and was shorter than the Rover Mk 1.
Data Sheet Available:   None

Photos

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Rover Mark II Armored Car Photos (Taken at RAAC Museum- Puckapunyal) Brad James - Australia

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Online

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Rover Armored Car Information and Photos Rover Survivors Website

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A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars George Forty

Australian Military Equipment Profiles (Volume 3): Australian Scout and Armoured Cars: 1933 - 1945

Michael Cecil
"Australian Light Armoured Car 'Rover'" -AFV News (November 1978 Issue) Paul Handel
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow and Robert J. Icks

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