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Ferret Mark 2/3 Armored Car

Ferret Mark 2/3 - Singapore (Circa 1960)

Photo Credit: Department of Defense - via David Haugh - Oregon USA


Statistics

Country of Orgin/Used by: UK
First Produced/Service Dates: 1950's
Manufactured by: Daimler
Crew: 2
Armament: 7.62mm or .30 cal. LMG in turret.
Engine: 6 Cylinder Petrol
Miscellaneous Info: Very similar to the Mark 2 except for a larger turret.
Data Sheet Available: None Available

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
Ferret Mk 2/3 Photos David Haugh - Oregon USA
Ferret Mk 2/7 Photo (VERY similar to the Mark 2/3. Basically, a Mark 2/6 with Vigilant Missile System Removed Peter Brown - Wimborne, Dorset, England
Ferret Instructional Hull Photos taken at the Tank Museum - Bovington, UK Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Ferret Instructional Hull/Interior Photos taken at the Tank Museum - Bovington, UK Keith Paget - Northampton, UK
Ferret Mk 2/3 Photos from Military Vehicle Show - Kemble, UK (2005) Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Ferret Mk 2/3 Photos from Military Vehicle Show - Kemble, UK (2005) David Green - Oxfordshire, UK
  Ferret Mk 2/3 Photographed at the War & Peace Show - Beltring, UK   (2005) Dennis Trowbridge
Ferret Mk 2/3 Photos Keith Paget - Northampton, UK
  Ferret Mk 2/3 Photo Dave Chaney - Portland, OR USA
  Ferret Mk 2 Cut Away Photo (at the Imperial War Museum) Jacques Dujardin - France
    Ferret Mark 2 or 2/3 Photo Marius van Aardt - South Africa

References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
"British Wheeled Armor on Cyprus"  By Stelios Markides Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #32, Page 3)
Ferret Mark 2/3 Armored Car Photos Missing-Lynx

Printed

Reference Author
British Armoured Cars Since 1945 Simon Dunstan
Daimler "Ferret" Scout Car - Armored/Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Data #2 David R. Haugh
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Ferrets and Fox - AFV Weapons Profile #44 R.M. Ogorkiewicz
Ferret: the FV 700 Series In British Army Service

Review by Peter Brown via Missing-Lynx

Pat Ware Warehouse Military Vehicle Datafile
Operation Granby: Desert Rats Armour & Transport in the Gulf War (Concord Publications) Bob Morrison
Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles In Service B.T. White

Hobby Modeling

Kits and Accessories

Kit Manufacturer Scale Other Information
Ferret Mk 2/3 Armored Car Accurate Armour 1/35 Resin/Brass
Ferret Mk 2/3 Armored Recovery Vehicle Accurate Armour 1/35 Resin/Brass
Ferret Mk 2/3 Armored Car Cromwell Models 1/35 Resin with full interior; Coming Soon! (as of November 2007)
Ferret Mk 2/3 Armored Car Aran Models ? (Small Scale) Resin

Model Pictures

Reference Source/Provider
Building Aran Models' Ferret Mk. 2/3 by Don Dingwall via Missing-Lynx