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Rhino Armored Car

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Australia
First Produced/Service Dates:	1942
Manufactured by:	Chassis: General Motors of Canada; Hull: Victorian Railways
Crew:	4?
Armament:	Main: 2 Pounder QF Cannon; Co-Axial: .303 Vickers Machine Gun
Engine:	6 Cylinder Gasoline
Miscellaneous Info:	In the early period of World War II, Australia was equipped with only a few number of armored fighting vehicles.  Therefore, they decided to embark on projects to design, develop and produce new vehicles, including armored cars.  One proposed requirement was a heavy armored car, for which the Rhino Armored Car was developed.  The Rhino was built on a GM of Canada 4x4 Model 8446 chassis, with a locally built armored hull.  The 8446 chassis was the same one used for the Canadian Fox Mark 1 Armored Car. Only 2-4 prototype Rhinos were built before cancellation as a result of a multitude of capable foreign built vehicles becoming readily available.
Data Sheet Available:	None Available

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Rhino Armored Car Wooden Mock-Up Photo	Australian War Memorial
Rhino Armored Car Photos	Australian War Memorial

References Available

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Reference	Author
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars	George Forty
Australian Military Equipment Profiles (Volume 3): Australian Scout and Armoured Cars: 1933 - 1945	Michael Cecil
"Dingo, the Rover & the Rhino, The" (February 2021 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	David Fletcher
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow and Robert J. Icks

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