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Ferret Mark 2/3 (FV701H) & 2/4 (FV701K)

(Reconnaissance) Scout Car

Ferret Mark 2/3 Scout Car

Statistics

Country of Origin/Used by:	Great Britain
First Produced/Service Dates:	1958
Manufactured by:	The Daimler Company, Ltd.
Crew:	3
Armament:	Turret: .30 cal Light Machine Gun or 7.62mm GPMG (Depending on timeframe)
Engine:	6 Cylinder Petrol
Miscellaneous Info:	Both the Mark 2/3 and 2/4 vehicles were very similar to the Mark 2 but were fitted with a larger turret and additional armor. The main difference between the 2/3 and 2/4 is that the "3" was uparmored during production, where as the "4" was an earlier vehicle retrofitted with heavier armor.
Data Sheet Available:	None Available

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photo	Dave Chaney - Portland, OR USA
Ferret 2/3? Scout Car Photos (Munster, Germany)	Massimo Foti
Ferret 2/3 Scout Car Photos (Latrun)	Rob Goldman - Kfar Saba, Israel
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos (Military Vehicle Show - Kemble, UK 2005)	David Green - Oxfordshire, UK
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos	David Haugh - Content Editor
Ferret Mark 2 (34 BA 92) and Mark 2/3 Scout Car (00 DD 44) Photos (Borneo - Circa 1965)	Imperial War Museum
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos	Patrick Keenan - Editor
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos	Keith Paget - Northampton, UK
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos (Military Vehicle Show - Kemble, UK 2005)	Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car (War & Peace Show - Beltring, UK -2005)	Dennis Trowbridge
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car with ENTAC Missile System (Army Museum at Bandiana, Australia)	Nick - Australia
Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos	Robert Yalden - Wiesbaden, Germany
Ferret Mk 2/4 Scout Car Photos (Army Museum at Bandiana, & RAAC Museum: Puckapunyal, Australia)	Nick - Australia
Ferret Mk 2/7 Scout Car Photo (VERY similar to the Mark 2/3. Basically, a Mark 2/6 with Vigilant Missile System Removed	Peter Brown - Wimborne, Dorset, England
Ferret Scout Car Instructional Hull & 3D Electrical Diagram (Driver and Maintenance School - Bovington Camp: Circa 1994)	Clive Elliott - Editor of The Shorland Site
Ferret Scout Car Instructional Hull/Interior Photos taken at the Tank Museum - Bovington, UK	Keith Paget
Ferret Scout Car Instructional Hull Photos taken at the Tank Museum - Bovington, UK	Dennis Trowbridge
Ferret Mark 2 Scout Car Cut-Away Photo (Imperial War Museum)	Jacques Dujardin - France
Ferret Mark 2 or 2/3 Scout Car Photo	Robert Goldman - Kfar Saba, Israel
Ferret Mark 2 or 2/3 Scout Car Photos (RAAC Museum -Puckapunyal)	Brad James - Australia
Ferret Mark 2 or 2/3 Scout Car Photo	Marius van Aardt - South Africa
French Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photo	Dave Haugh
UN Ferret Mk 2/3 Scout Car Photos (Tank Museum - Bovington)	Ken Adolphe - Bristol, UK

References Available

Online

Printed

Reference	Author
British Armoured Cars Since 1945	Simon Dunstan
British Infantry Brigade Berlin: Armoured Vehicles of the... (Tankograd British Special No. 9001)	Andreas Kirchhoff
"Daimler Ferret" (March 2013 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine)	Geoff Fletcher
Daimler "Ferret" Scout Car - Armored/Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Data #2	David R. Haugh
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
"Ferreting Around" (March 2016 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	Paul Abbitt & Robert Davies
Ferrets and Fox - AFV Weapons Profile #44	R.M. Ogorkiewicz
Ferret: the FV 700 Series In British Army Service	Pat Ware Warehouse Military Vehicle Datafile
"Ferret Scout Car in Canadian Service, The" (Service Publications)	Colin MacGregor Stevens
Operation Granby: Desert Rats Armour & Transport in the Gulf War (Concord Publications)	Bob Morrison
Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles In Service	B.T. White

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