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Coventry Mark 1 & 2 Armored Car

Mark 1

Specifcations

Country of Origin/Used by:	Great Britain and France
First Produced/Service Dates:	1944
Manufactured by:	Rootes Group
Crew:	Mark 1: 4 Mark 2: 3
Armament:	Mark 1: Main: 2 pdr Cannon (QF Mk IX); Co-Axial: Besa 7.92mm Machine Gun Mark 2: Main: 75mm Cannon (QFSA): Co-Axial: Besa 7.92mm Machine Gun
Engine:	6-Cylinder Gasoline (Hercules RXLD)
Miscellaneous Info:	Neither the Mark 1 nor Mark 2 was ever used by the British in combat as they came too late in World War Two.  However, the Mark 1 was used post-war by French units in Indo-China (Vietnam). On the other hand, no operational use of the Mark 2 ever occurred.
Data Sheet Available:	Coventry Mark 1 Armored Car Data Sheet by Dave Haugh

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Coventry Mark 1 Armored Car Photos (Taken at the Tank Museum - Bovington)	Keith Paget - Northampton,  UK
Coventry Mark 1 Armored Car Photos (Taken at the Tank Museum - Bovington)	Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Coventry Mark 1 Armored Car Photos (British & French Army vehicles)	Collected by Dave Haugh - Content Editor
Coventry Mark 1 Armored Car "Stowage" Drawings	Dave Haugh
Coventry Mark 2 Armored Car Photo	Dave Haugh

References Available

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Printed

Reference	Author
"An Advanced Successor?" (May 2023 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	Craig Moore
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars	George Forty
British Armoured Cars: 1914-1945	B.T. White
"Coventry Armoured Cars: Profile of a Rare British WWII Fighting Vehicle"	Wheels & Tracks: The International Review of Military Vehicles - Issue #4
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow and Robert J. Icks
"Into the Archives: The Coventry Armoured Car" (March 2010 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine)	Tom Cornelius
"Symbol of Defiance" (May 2021 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	David Fletcher

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