Fox Armoured Car

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This article is about the World War II Canadian vehicle. For the post-war British vehicle, see Fox Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle.

Fox Armoured Car

General characteristics
Crew	4
Length	4.6 m (15 ft)
Width	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Height	2.4 m (8 ft)
Weight	8 t
Armour and armament
Armour	up to 15 mm
Main armament	0.50 in (12.7 mm) MG
Secondary armament	0.30 in (7.62 mm) MG
Mobility
Power plant	GMC 6-cyl petrol
Suspension	Wheel 4x4
Road speed	71 km/h (44 mph)
Power/weight	?
Range	250 km

External images
WWII photo^[1]

The Fox Armoured Car was a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle produced by Canada in the Second World War.

[edit] History

Built by General Motors, Canada, based on the British Humber Armoured Car. The four man crew consisted of the vehicle commander, the driver, a gunner and a wireless operator. 1506 vehicles were manufactured.

Saw operations in Italy, UK and India. After the Second World War many of them went to the Portuguese Army, which used them from 1961 to 1975 in counterinsurgency in Angola, Guinea and Mozambique.

[edit] External links

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v • d • e	British Commonwealth armoured fighting vehicles of World War II

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