| 词条 | Rover Light Armoured Car |
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| name=Rover Light Armoured Car | image= Puckapunyal-Rover-LAC-2.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption=Rover Mk 2 Light Armoured Car in Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum, Puckapunyal, Victoria, Australia. |origin= Australia |type=Armoured car |is_vehicle=yes | crew=5 (Commander, Driver, 2 Gunners, Wireless operator) | length=Mk1 {{convert|6.1 |m|ftin|abbr=on}} Mk2 {{convert|5.6 |m|ftin|abbr=on}} | width={{convert|2.3 |m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height={{convert|2.1| m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight=Mk1 5.2 tonnes, Mk2 5 tonnes | armour=16 mm | primary_armament=0.303 (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun | secondary_armament=0.303 (7.7 mm) Bren LMG | engine=Ford V8 | engine_power=95 hp (71 kW) | suspension=4x4, leaf spring | speed= | pw_ratio=19 hp/tonne | vehicle_range= }} The Light Armoured Car (Aust), also known as Rover, was an armoured car produced in Australia during the Second World War. History and descriptionAt the outbreak of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was unable to meet the needs of the Commonwealth for armored fighting vehicles. This led many Commonwealth countries to develop their own AFVs. The Rover was designed in 1941. It used Ford 3-ton Canadian Military Pattern truck chassis, either F60L or the shorter F60S. The armoured bodies were produced by Ruskin Motor Bodies of Melbourne. The production was stopped in 1943, a total of 238 cars were built. The Rover entered service with the Australian army in April 1942. It never saw combat and was used mostly for crew training. A long narrow opening at the top of the hull earned the vehicle a nickname: "mobile slit trench". Late in 1943 Australia started to receive US-made armoured cars and the Rover was soon declared obsolete. There are two restored Rover Mk II cars on display in Australian museums, at the National Military Vehicle Museum in Edinburgh Parks and at the Royal Australian Armoured Corps Tank Museum at Puckapunyal, Victoria. A third is owned by the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum and is now on display in the Museum. Variants
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