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Talbot Admiralty Turreted Pattern* Armored Car
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Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | Great Britain |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1915 |
| Manufactured by: | Clement-Talbot, Ltd. |
| Crew: | 2-3? |
| Armament: | Turret: (1) Maxim .303 Machine Gun |
| Engine: | 4 Cylinder Gasoline |
| Miscellaneous Info: |
Following the first standardized
armored cars designed by the Admiralty (Rolls-Royce/Talbot/Wolseley First Pattern
Armored Cars) at the beginning of World War One, a new design of
armored car was put forth. Among other things, the new vehicles were
fitted with a new armored hull, a fully enclosed crew compartment and a
rotating turret which mounted a machine gun.
The Talbot Armored Car (sometimes referred to as Clement-Talbot) was one
of those new "Admiralty Turreted" Pattern* vehicles. The other vehicles fitted with the
Admiralty Turreted Pattern improvements included the
Delaunay-Belleville,
Lanchester
and
Rolls-Royce
1914 Pattern Armored Cars. The Talbot Armored Cars were based on the slightly upgraded "25/50" touring car chassis and design. The Talbot was nearly identical to the Rolls-Royce cars, except for different wheels and radiator armor. The wheels were changed from wire-spoked types to more robust Warland rims with artillery spokes. Only three (3) Talbot Admiralty Pattern cars seemed to have been built. This choice was likely made due to sub-par performance because the engine and transmission were overburdened by the weight of the cars. Despite that, the Talbot Armored Cars did serve in England in the anti-invasion role. However, not much information about the cars' use after that is known. There are indications that the remaining cars/chassis were possibly converted to "tenders" used in support of subsequent armored car operations. * The nomenclature "Admiralty Turreted Pattern" was normally omitted when referencing the vehicle. It was simply the "Talbot Armored Car". |
| Data Sheet Available: |
None Available |
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
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Talbot Armored Car Photo |
The Dave Haugh Collection |
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Talbot Armored Car Photo |
The Talbot Owner's Club via Wikimedia Commons |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| Talbot Armored Car Information & Photos | The Talbot Owner's Club |
| Talbot Armored Car Information & Photos | Tank-AFV.com |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
| British Armoured Cars: 1914-1945 | B.T. White |
| Early Armoured Cars (AFV Profile #9) | Major General N.W. Duncan |
| Early Armoured Cars (Shire Album #209) | E. Bartholomew |
| Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars | Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks |
| Talbot in the First World War (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq Register, Ltd) | Stephen Lally & John Tomsett |
| War Cars: British Armoured Cars in the First World War | David Fletcher |
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
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