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AEC Mark 2 Armored Car

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Great Britain
First Produced/Service Dates:	1943?
Manufactured by:	Associated Equipment Company, Ltd.
Crew:	5
Armament:	Main: 6 pounder (57mm) Cannon; Co-Axial: Besa 7.92mm Machine Gun; Anti-Aircraft Defense: 7.62mm BREN MG (on PLM Mount)
Engine:	6 Cylinder Diesel  (158hp)
Miscellaneous Info:	The Associated Equipment Company developed the AEC armored car series as a private venture using their 0853 "Matador" 4x4 10-ton Medium Artillery Tractor chassis as well as many of its automotive components.  The AEC series was the only World War Two era British built armored car type fitted with a diesel engine. However, the armored car design changed the placement of the engine to the rear of the vehicle instead.  The Mark 2 vehicle was an improved/updated version of the earlier AEC Mark 1 Armored Car.  The changes incorporated into the Mark 2 were the fitting of a more powerful engine, a redesigned hull offering better protection and a newly designed three-man turret armed with the 6 pounder (57mm) cannon.  The Mark 2 was later succeeded by the more powerfully armed AEC Mark 3 Armored Car. Although there were no official variants of the AEC Mark 2, there were two closely related prototype vehicles built.  The first vehicle was the Basilisk Flamethrower Armored Car.  The Basilisk was built using a similar hull to the one later used on Mark 2 and Mark 3 armored cars. The Basilisk's hull design was subsequently modified and then used with the improved later AEC armored car types.  The second prototype vehicle was the AEC Anti-Aircraft Armored Car.  The AEC AA vehicle used the same hull as did the Mark 2 and Mark 3 armored cars, but was fitted with a similar turret to the Crusader Mark 2 AA Tank.  The AEC AA armored car also mounted two 20mm Oerlikon Cannon.
Data Sheet:	AEC Mk 2 Armored Car Data Sheet by Dave Haugh

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Detail Photos	Alan McNeilly - England
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	Ron Bollen - Belgium
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	Dave Haugh - Content Editor
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	Imperial War Museum via Dave Haugh - Content Editor
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	William Testaert - Brussels, Belgium
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos	Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos (Evaluating the Possibility of Fitting larger 75mm Cannon?)	Dave Haugh

References Available

Online

Reference	Source/Provider
AEC Armored Car Information & Photos	Military Factory.Com
AEC Armored Car Information & Photos	Tanks Encyclopedia.Com
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Information & Photos	The AEC Society
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Line Drawings	The Blue-Prints.Com
AEC Mark 2 Armored Car Photos via Robert DeCraecker	Prime Portal
"British Armored Cars in the Middle East, Late 1942" By Peter Brown	Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #33)
Russian WWII Evaluation Report of the AEC 2 Armored Car For possible Lend/Lease Acquisition (CAMD RF 38-11358-405)	Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation via Dave Haugh - Content Editor

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