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Humber Mark 1 Armored Car
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Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | Great Britain |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1940 |
| Manufactured by: | Chassis/Engine: Rootes Group, Ltd. (primarily Karrier Motors, Ltd.*); Hull: Guy Motors, Ltd. |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Armament: | Main: 15mm BESA Cannon; Co-Axial: 7.92mm BESA MG; Anti-Aircraft Defense (if fitted): (1) .303 BREN machine gun (on pintle or "Lakeman" mount) |
| Engine: | 6 Cylinder Petrol (90 h.p.) |
| Miscellaneous Info: | Although the Rootes Group
(namely Karrier Motors, Ltd.*) took on the production of the Humber Mark 1
Armored Car in lieu of the
Guy Mark 1a Light Wheeled Tank, Guy Motors continued to construct the armored
hulls of the Humber Mark 1 for Rootes. The Mark 1 mounted the same
hull, but mated it to a modified 4-wheel drive Karrier Motors KT 4 Field
Artillery Tractor chassis. The unmodified KT4 tractor was
previously supplied to the Government of India. The Humber also
mounted a more powerful 6-cylinder engine than the 4-cylinder engine in
use with the Guy Marks 1 & 1A.
Soon
afterwards, the Humber Mark 1 was followed by the improved
Humber
Mark 2 Armored Car. Other closely related vehicles that the Mark 1
preceded are the Humber Mark 3,
Humber Mark 4 and Canadian
Fox Mark 1 armored
cars.
One variant of this vehicle was built, the
Humber
Mark 1 Anti-Aircraft Armored Car. *To avoid confusion with the tracked Universal Carriers already in use in the British Army, this vehicle was NOT named after its primary manufacturer (Karrier), but after another Rootes Group subsidiary company, Humber. |
| Data Sheet Available: |
Humber Mark 1 Armored Car
by Dave Haugh |
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
.jpg) Humber Mark 1 Armored Car Photo
(Belgian) |
Dave Haugh - Content Editor |
| Humber Mark 1 Armored Car Photos | Dave Haugh |
Humber Mark 1 Armored Car Photo |
Erik Johansen - South Shields, Tyne & Wear UK |
| Humber Mark 1 Armored Car Photos (The Tank Museum - Bovington, UK) | Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK |
Humber Mark 1 Armored Car
Stowage Diagrams
Covering Production Vehicles 1-100
Covering
the Production Vehicles 101-300 |
Compiled by Dave Haugh |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| Humber Armored Car Information and Photos | Tanks Encyclopedia |
| Humber Armored Car Information and Photos | World War II Database |
| "British Armored Cars in Europe- 1944-1945" By Peter Brown | Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #35) |
| "British Armored Cars in the Middle East, Late 1942" By Peter Brown | Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #33) |
| "The First Belgian Armored Car Squadron of WW II (Part 1): Belgian Armored Cars in Great Britain" By Raymond Surlemont | Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #16) |
| "The First Belgian Armored Car Squadron of WW II (Part 2): Belgian Armored Cars in Great Britain" By Raymond Surlemont | Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #17) |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
| A Photo History of Armoured Cars in Two World Wars | George Forty |
| Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #21 | B.T. White |
| Armoured Car Humber Mark 1 Technical Manual (BTM013) CD-ROM | Easy 1 Productions |
| British Armoured Cars: 1914-1945 | B.T. White |
| Captured Armored Cars and Other Vehicles In Wehrmacht Service in World War 2 | Werner Regenberg |
| Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars | Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks |
| Humber | Bent Carlsens Forlag Aps |
|
|
Mike Taylor |
| "Vehicles of the Reconnaissance Corps" (March 2022 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | David Garden |
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
| Model Kit | Manufacturer | Scale | Other Information |
| Humber Armored Car Mark 1 Model (newer tool) (S2KV014) | Sovereign 2000K | 1/35 | Resin. |
Model Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
