Fox Armoured Car
Fox Armoured Car |
Specifications |
Weight |
8 t |
Length |
4.6 m (15 ft) |
Width |
2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
Height |
2.4 m (8 ft) |
Crew |
4 |
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Armor |
up to 15 mm |
Main
armament |
0.50 in (12.7 mm) MG |
Secondary
armament |
0.30 in (7.62 mm) MG |
Engine |
GMC 6-cyl petrol
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Power/weight |
? |
Suspension |
Wheel 4x4 |
Operational
range |
250 km |
Speed |
71 km/h (44 mph) |
The Fox Armoured Car was a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle produced by Canada in the Second World War.
History
Built by General Motors, Canada, based on the British Humber Armoured Car. The four man crew consisted of the vehicle commander, the driver, a gunner and a wireless operator. 1506 vehicles were manufactured.
Saw operations in Italy, UK and India. After the Second World War many of them went to the Portuguese Army, which used them from 1961 to 1975 in counterinsurgency in Angola, Guinea and Mozambique.
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Light Reconnaissance Cars |
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Armoured Command Vehicles |
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Bedford QLD • Austin K2 • Morris 15 cwt • Austin K5 • Bedford OYD • Bedford OXD • Morris C9 • Guy Ant • Leyland Retriever (3-ton) • Leyland Lynx (30-cwt) • Leyland Hippo (10-ton) • Thornycroft Nubian • Thornycroft Tartar
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