4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1942–45
NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Armoured Car Mk IV.

About 2,000 built with the American M5 or M6 37 mm gun in place of the Besa guns.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEArmoured Car (1940–45)BUILT BYHumber Limited (Rootes Group), CoventryIN SERVICE1942–45PRODUCTIONAbout 2,000LAYOUT4 wheels · 112″

The record

The 37 mm gave the Humber something to fight with rather than merely something to scout with, and the Mk IV is the most numerous single mark.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1942–45
ENGINERootes six-cylinder petrol, 90 hpRootes six-cylinder petrol
PRODUCTION RUNAbout 2,000
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEArmoured Car
FAMILYArmoured Car
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE112″
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

  • Deep Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1Humber Armoured Car ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched