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Armoured automobiles 10 years 2 months ago #22450

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djb wrote: Frederick Simms' 1898 Motor War Scout car. 1.5 horsepower and armed with a maxim. Crewed by 4, it could also carry 12 infantry.


Was it ever used in anger? Like an upturned tin bath-tub!

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I believe the War Office looked at the design but did not order any.
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This later version of the Motor War Car was displayed in Crystal Palace in April 1902. 16hp with a top speed of 9 mph.

28' x 8'. Two maxim guns and a 6mm Vickers armour.

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Straight out of a Jules Verne book.

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Very much so. Apparently it also had a searchlight and could divert power to give an electric shock to people touching the hull!
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This article from The Times, 26 Jun 1899, contradicts some of what I posted earlier.

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