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AEC Deacon Mark 1 6-Pounder Gun Carrier

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Great Britain & Turkey
First Produced/Service Dates:	1942
Manufactured by:	Associated Equipment Company, Ltd.
Crew:	5
Armament:	(1) 6-Pounder (57mm) QF Cannon
Engine:	6-Cylinder AEC A173 7.7 litre Diesel
Miscellaneous Info:	The AEC Deacon was built on the AEC 0853 “Matador” 4x4 Truck Chassis like the Dorchester Armored Command Vehicle.  The Deacon was produced by the British as a protected gun carrier to replace the unarmored Austin K5, Bedford QL and Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) Chevrolet C60L 6-Pounder anti-tank "Portees" in service in the North African desert. Only 175 vehicles were built and used before the end of the hostilities in Africa in 1943.  The British then deemed these vehicles as obsolete with some of them converted to armored ammunition carriers and others transfered as-is to the Turkish military.
Data Sheet:	AEC Deacon Mark1 Gun Carrier via the Dave Haugh Collection

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Reference	Author
"A Class Apart" (November 2016 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	David Fletcher
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars	George Forty
British Armored Fighting Vehicles (World War II AFV Plans)	George Bradford
British Armoured Cars: 1914-1945	B.T. White
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks

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