Dingo (scout car)
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Dingo Scout Car | |
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Bren light machine gun | |
Engine | Ford V8 85 or 95 hp (63.5 or 71 kW) |
Power/weight | 19 or 21 hp/tonne |
Drive | 4x4 |
Suspension | leaf spring |
Maximum speed | 90 km/h |
The Dingo Scout Car was a light armoured car built in Australia during World War II. They were produced by the Ford motor company during 1942.
History
Australia as a nation was ill-prepared for the Second World War and possessed little in the way of armoured vehicles. Being at the time unable to purchase them from their traditional supplier, the United Kingdom whose industrial output was dedicated to more immediate needs in Europe, they were forced by circumstance to develop and build them from what resources were available in Australia, and armoured cars and scout cars were no exception. Much creative application and innovation was spawned by the lessons learnt from the Great War.
The Dingo was based on a commercial Ford 30-cwt 134.5 inch
The Dingo was equipped with a
Surviving Dingos are on display at the Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) tank museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria, at the Australian War Memorial, at the Melbourne Tank Museum in Narre Warren, and at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum in Cairns. There are also several vehicles in private ownership.
Notes
- ^ Spoelstra, Hanno. "Trucks converted with Marmon-Herrington All-Wheel Drive Conversion Kits". Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles. Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
References
- Cecil, Michael K. (1993). Australian Scout and Armoured Cars 1933 to 1945, Australian Military Equipment Profiles, vol. 3, ISBN 0-646-14611-4.
- Spoelstra, Hanno. "Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles".