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The Rolls-Royce armoured car was a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used in World War One and in the early part of World War Two.-
In Sep 1914 all available Rolls Royce Silver Ghost chassis were requisitioned to form the basis for the new armoured car. The following month a special committee of the Admiralty Air Department, among whom was Flight Commander T.G. Hetherington, designed the superstructure which consisted of armoured bodywork and a single turret for a Vickers machine gun.-
The vehicle was modernized in 1920 and in 1924, resulting in the Rolls-Royce 1920 Pattern and Rolls-Royce 1924 Pattern. In 1940, 34 vehicles which served in Egypt with the 11th Hussars regiment had the "old" turret replaced with an open-topped unit carrying a Boys anti-tank rifle, .303-inch Bren machine gun and smoke-grenade launchers.-
Specifications
Weight 4.7 tonnes
Armor 2 mm
Main armament .303 Vickers machine gun
Engine 6-cylinder petrol, water-cooled 80 hp (60 kW)
Operational range 240 km or 150 miles
Speed 72 km/h (45 mph)
In Sep 1914 all available Rolls Royce Silver Ghost chassis were requisitioned to form the basis for the new armoured car. The following month a special committee of the Admiralty Air Department, among whom was Flight Commander T.G. Hetherington, designed the superstructure which consisted of armoured bodywork and a single turret for a Vickers machine gun.-
The vehicle was modernized in 1920 and in 1924, resulting in the Rolls-Royce 1920 Pattern and Rolls-Royce 1924 Pattern. In 1940, 34 vehicles which served in Egypt with the 11th Hussars regiment had the "old" turret replaced with an open-topped unit carrying a Boys anti-tank rifle, .303-inch Bren machine gun and smoke-grenade launchers.-
Specifications
Weight 4.7 tonnes
Armor 2 mm
Main armament .303 Vickers machine gun
Engine 6-cylinder petrol, water-cooled 80 hp (60 kW)
Operational range 240 km or 150 miles
Speed 72 km/h (45 mph)
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