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NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Armoured Car Mk IA.

The second 51 cars, armed with a 15 mm and a 7.92 mm Besa machine gun in place of the Vickers guns.

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Sources & evidence
Armoured Car Mk IA — A Guy Mk IA on anti-invasion exercises in Southern Command, 7 May 1941 (IWM H 9430).UK Government, otherwise not stated · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLEArmoured Car (1938–40)BUILT BYGuy Motors Ltd, Fallings Park, WolverhamptonIN SERVICE1940OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Belgium, NetherlandsPRODUCTION51LAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Mk IAs served with British units in Britain on anti-invasion duty; Belgian forces received fourteen on 2 October 1941, and Dutch units four or five cars. They were withdrawn in 1943.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1940
ENGINEMeadows 4ELA four-cylinder petrol, 55 hp (41 kW)Meadows 4ELA
PRODUCTION RUN51
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINELight Tank (Wheeled)
FAMILYLight Tank (Wheeled)
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEturreted
CATEGORYMilitary · United Kingdom

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Khaki Green No. 3
  • 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. 1Guy armoured car ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Guy Light Tank (Wheeled) — David Lister, 28 November 2019 ↗Tank Encyclopedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched