Rover Light Armoured Car

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Rover Light Armoured Car
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Engine	Ford V8 95 hp (71 kW)
Power/weight	19 hp/tonne (14.2 kW/tonne)
Suspension	4x4, leaf spring

The Light Armoured Car (Aust), also known as Rover, was an

.

History and description

At the outbreak of the

. This led many Commonwealth countries to develop their own AFVs.

The Rover was designed in 1941. It used Ford 3-ton Canadian Military Pattern truck chassis, either F60L or the shorter F60S. The armoured bodies were produced by Ruskin Motor Bodies of Melbourne. The production was stopped in 1943, a total of 238 cars were built.

The Rover entered service with the Australian Army in April 1942. It never saw combat and was used mostly for crew training. A long narrow opening at the top of the hull earned the vehicle a nickname: "mobile slit trench". Late in 1943 Australia started to receive US-made armoured cars and the Rover was soon declared obsolete.

There are three restored Rover Mk II cars on display in Australian museums: at the

in Cairns, Queensland.

Variants

• Mk I – F60L chassis (40 units).
• Mk II – F60S chassis (198 units).

References

• Cecil, Michael K. (1993). Australian Scout and Armoured Cars 1933 to 1945, Australian Military Equipment Profiles, Vol. 3,
  ISBN 0-646-14611-4
  .

External links

• Diggerhistory.info
• Old CMP
• Australian CMP Based Armoured Vehicles
• Rover Mark 1 Light Armored Car at warwheels.net
• Rover Mark 2 Light Armored Car at warwheels.net