Morris Light Reconnaissance Car
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Image:IWM-NA-1644-Morris-LRC-Tunisia-19430330.jpg Morris LRC of the RAF Regiment, Tunisia, 30 March 1943. | |
| Morris Light Reconnaissance Car | |
|---|---|
| General characteristics | |
| Crew | 3 |
| Length | 4.06 m |
| Width | 2.03 m |
| Height | 1.88 m |
| Weight | 3.7 t |
| Armour and armament | |
| Armour | 8-14 mm |
| Main armament | Boys anti-tank rifle |
| Secondary armament | 7.7 mm Bren machine gun |
| Mobility | |
| Power plant | 4-cyl. gasoline 72 hp (54 kW) |
| Suspension | Mk I: 4 x 2 wheel Mk II: 4 x 4 wheel |
| Road speed | 80 km/h |
| Power/weight | 24 hp/tonne |
| Range | 385 km |
Morris Light Reconnaissance Car was a British armoured car produced during the World War II.
[edit] History
Morris LRC was an armoured car built by Morris Motor Company. The vehicle had an unusual internal arrangement, with three-man crew sitting side by side by side with the driver in the middle, a crewman manning a small multi-sided turret mounting Bren light machine gun at the right side, and another with Boys .55" anti tank rifle (mounted in brackets in the hatches on the hull roof) and access to radio set at the left. From 1940 to 1944 over 2200 were built.
The vehicle was used in Africa, Italy and in the Northern Europe. Some served with the RAF Regiment. Some were given to Polish units.
One of the surviving vehicles is on display at the Duxford Imperial War Museum, another at the Bovington Tank Museum.
[edit] Variants
- Mk I - original version.
- Mk I OP - observation post version. No turret. Equipped with two rangefinders.
- Mk II - four-by-four chassis.
- Morris Experimental Tank - had two turrets. Never reached production.
[edit] References and external links
- George Forty - World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Self-Propelled Artillery, Osprey Publishing 1996, ISBN 1-85532-582-9.
- I. Moschanskiy - Armored vehicles of the Great Britain 1939-1945 part 2, Modelist-Konstruktor, Bronekollektsiya 1999-02 (И. Мощанский - Бронетанковая техника Великобритании 1939-1945 часть 2, Моделист-Конструктор, Бронеколлекция 1999-02).
- WWIIvehicles
- Missing-lynx.com
- Morris LRC website
| British and Commonwealth armoured cars of World War II |
|---|
| Scout Cars |
| Daimler Dingo | Dingo Scout Car (Australia) | Humber Scout Car Lynx Scout Car (Canada) | S1 Scout Car (Australia) |
| Light Reconnaissance Cars |
| Humber LRC | Morris LRC | Otter LRC (Canada) |
| Armoured Cars |
| AEC Armoured Car | Coventry Armoured Car | Daimler Armoured Car Fox Armoured Car (Canada) | Guy Armoured Car | Humber Armoured Car Lanchester Armoured Car | Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car (South Africa) Morris CS9 | Rhino Heavy Armoured Car (Australia) | Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Rover Light Armoured Car (Australia) | Standard Beaverette |
| Armoured Trucks |
| Bedford OXA | C15TA Armoured Truck (Canada) |
| Wheeled Carriers |
| Armoured Carrier Wheeled Indian Pattern (India) |
| Armoured Command Vehicles |
| AEC ACV | Guy Lizard ACV |
| Tanks and other large armoured vehicles |
| Unarmoured vehicles |
| British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II |
| Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg | This United Kingdom military article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This military vehicle article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
