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History · Military · 1939 → 1991

Daimler armour in service

The Dingo from 1939 to 1974, through the Second World War, Malaya, Cyprus and Vietnam; the Armoured Car from mid-1941; and the Ferret from 1952 to 1991 in British hands and long afterwards abroad.

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Daimler’s three armoured vehicles share one set of engineering ideas — a fluid flywheel and preselector gearbox, independent coil suspension, and the H-form drive that kept the hull low — and between them they cover half a century of British reconnaissance.

The Dingo was good enough that no replacement was sought for thirteen years. The Ferret that eventually replaced it was good enough to outlast the British Army’s use of it by decades in other armies. Canada built its own Dingo, the Lynx, 3,255 of them.

11939 – 1945

Second World War (1939–1945)

5 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The Dingo, the Canadian Lynx and the 2-pounder Armoured Car.

21945 – 1974

After the war (1945–1974)

1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER

The Dingo in Malaya, Cyprus and Vietnam.

Registry records · chapter 2

31952 – 1991

Ferret (1952–1991 and beyond)

5 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

Sixteen marks, British service to 1991, and export armies long after.

Sources

  1. Daimler Dingo — Wikipedia
  2. Daimler Ferret — Wikipedia
  3. Daimler Armoured Car — Wikipedia

Military vehicles in the registry

11 records, oldest first.