Prototypes ran in 1939 but the weight kept breaking the transmission, and the car did not reach service until mid-1941. Once it did it became the standard British armoured car of the later war.
The Mk I CS carried a 76 mm close-support gun; the Mk II improved the turret, the gun mount and the radiator and gave the driver an escape hatch; and the turretless command version was known throughout the army as the SOD — the Sawn-Off Daimler.
11941 – 1943
Mark I (1941–1943)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERService entry after two years of transmission trouble, and the close-support version.
Registry records · chapter 1
21943 – 1945
Mark II and the SOD (1943–1945)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe improved car, and the turretless command version.
Registry records · chapter 2
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.
In service
Where the registry's Armoured Car records worked; each opens the themed history.Sources
- Daimler Armoured Car — Wikipedia