4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY BASE MODEL · 1941–45
BASE MODELUnited Kingdom

Armoured Car (1941–45)

The Dingo’s bigger parallel: 2,694 built, 7.85 tonnes in battle order, 4 m long, with a 4.1-litre Daimler 27 six of 102 hp, a turret like the Tetrarch light tank’s carrying a 2-pounder and a coaxial Besa, three crew, 50 mph and 200 miles.

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Sources & evidence
Armoured Car (1941–45) — UK - Daimler Armoured Car Mk.II with a 2 pdr (40mm) gun and a 7.92mm mg; at the Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, March 1998. Scanned slide.Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗
MODEL LINEArmoured CarBUILT BYThe Daimler Company, CoventryPRODUCED1941–45PRODUCTION2,694LAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Prototypes ran in 1939 but the weight defeated the transmission and service entry waited until mid-1941. The Mk I CS carried a 76 mm close-support gun; the Mk II had a better turret, gun mount and radiator and a driver’s escape hatch; and the turretless command version was known as the SOD, the Sawn-Off Daimler.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1941–45
ENGINEDaimler 27 4.1-litre petrol six, 102 hpDaimler 27
PRODUCTION RUN2,694
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEArmoured Car
FAMILYArmoured Car
WHEELS4
BODY STYLETurreted
VARIANTS1

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Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • Deep Bronze Green
  • Light Stone

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1Daimler Armoured Car ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched