Armoured Vehicles

Armoured cars were first used by the British Army. By the outbreak of First World War the allies in Europe were using armour-plated, open-topped vehicles with machine guns or other light guns or artillery pieces. The most popular British car was the Napier that was first produced in 1912.

The Commer lorry was a first aid vehicle that transported stretchers and medical stores to a first aid post. It was a great success and then they asked the company to produce a new vehicle that would carry injured horses.

The British army began thinking of ways to quickly transport soldiers to the war in the early 1900’s. In 1911 they decided they needed motor transport. When the world war started in 1914 the British army acquired 1200 Dennis lorries, By the end of the war 7000 Dennis Lorrie’s had been built and used. The Dennis lorry could reach up to a speed of 55 mph even when loaded with people and it weighed 3 tons.