From 1926 Guy built a rigid six-wheeled chassis whose four rear wheels sat on a rocking cross-shaft, forming a bogie with a large amount of articulation that could take chains. It was supplied as general-service lorries, artillery tractors, field workshops and searchlight generators, and as gun tractors for the Indian government; an armoured car on the same chassis weighed 9 tons, and over a hundred went to India in 1928.
In the 1930s the War Office standardised a 3-ton rigid 6×4, built by seven makers including Crossley, Thornycroft, Karrier and Guy, whose version was the FBAX. It carried general-service, searchlight, machinery, wireless, breakdown gantry and derrick bodies.
Rigid six-wheeler (1926–1930s)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERWar Office lorries and tractors, and gun tractors and armoured cars for India.
Registry records · chapter 1
FBAX (1930s)
4 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe War Office 3-ton 6×4 in Guy's version, with firm orders from 1933.
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 Six-wheelers records worked; each opens the themed history.Sources
- Guy Motors: The Late 1920s — Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website
- Guy Motors: Into the 1930s — Wolverhampton History & Heritage Website
- Guy Motors — Wikipedia
- British 6x4 lorries — Matador Models
- Guy FBAX — Kfz. der Wehrmacht
- Guy Motors Through the War Years (13 July 1945, p. 30) — Commercial Motor
Six-wheelers records in the registry
7 records, oldest first.
Rigid six-wheeler (1926–30s)1926–39 · United KingdomSix-wheeled gun tractor1926 · United KingdomSix-wheeled armoured car1928 · United KingdomFBAX 3-ton 6×4 (1930s)1933–39 · United KingdomFBAX breakdown gantry1933–39 · United KingdomFBAX searchlight lorry1933–39 · United KingdomFBAX wireless lorry1933–39 · United Kingdom