Guy's rigid-frame military six-wheeler of 1926 onward, its four rear wheels on a rocking cross-shaft to form an articulating bogie that could take chains. It was supplied as general-service lorries, artillery tractors, field workshops and searchlight generator vehicles, and as gun tractors for the Indian government.
MODEL LINESix-wheelersBUILT BYGuy Motors Ltd, Fallings Park, WolverhamptonPRODUCED1926–39OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, IndiaPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT6 wheels
The record
The six-wheeler grew out of Guy's work on cross-country vehicles for the War Office through the 1920s; Guy built its first military vehicle in 1923. Commercial Motor recorded in 1945 that Guy had supplied several thousand six-wheelers to the government before and during the Second World War. An armoured car was built on the same chassis, and in the early 1930s Guy followed it with six- and eight-wheel-driven experimental vehicles able to cross a trench 6 ft wide.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
PRODUCTION RUNNot published; several thousand Guy six-wheelers were supplied to the government before and during the war
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, India
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINESix-wheelers
FAMILYSix-wheelers
WHEELS6
BODY STYLEGeneral service lorry
VARIANTS2
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