Ferret armoured cars

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Ferret armoured cars are British-built light armoured scout vehicles widely used for reconnaissance and internal security duties from the 1950s through the late 20th century.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Daimler Armoured Car 1
Daimler Dingo scout car 1
Ferret armoured car 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armoured fighting vehicle ⓘ
armoured scout car ⓘ
armorThickness up to 16 mm ⓘ
basedOn Daimler Dingo scout car ⓘ
conflictUsedIn Aden Emergency ⓘ
Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Malayan Emergency ⓘ
Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles

Six-Day War ⓘ
Yom Kippur War ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
3 ⓘ
designedIn late 1940s ⓘ
drive 4×4 ⓘ
engine Rolls-Royce B60 petrol engine ⓘ
engineConfiguration 6-cylinder inline ⓘ
hasVariant Ferret Mk 1 ⓘ
Ferret Mk 1/2 ⓘ
linked to: Ferret Mk 1

Ferret Mk 2 ⓘ
linked to: Ferret Mk 1

Ferret Mk 2/3 ⓘ
linked to: Ferret Mk 1

Ferret Mk 3 ⓘ
linked to: Ferret Mk 1

Ferret Mk 4 ⓘ
Ferret Mk 5 ⓘ
height 1.9 m ⓘ
inServicePeriod 1950s–1990s ⓘ
length 3.7 m ⓘ
manufacturer Daimler Company ⓘ
linked to: Daimler
maximumSpeed about 58 mph ⓘ
about 93 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature run-flat tyres ⓘ
small size and high mobility ⓘ
two-man turret on some variants ⓘ
numberBuilt over 4,000 ⓘ
operatorType Commonwealth armies ⓘ
Middle Eastern armies ⓘ
primaryArmament .30 cal Browning machine gun ⓘ
7.62 mm machine gun ⓘ
producedFrom 1952 ⓘ
producedUntil 1971 ⓘ
range about 300 km ⓘ
secondaryArmament smoke grenade dischargers ⓘ
serviceEntry 1952 ⓘ
successor FV721 Fox armoured car ⓘ
suspension coil spring ⓘ
usedBy Australian Army ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ
Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ
Malaysian Army ⓘ
New Zealand Army ⓘ
Oman Armed Forces ⓘ
Qatar Armed Forces ⓘ
Royal Air Force Regiment ⓘ
Sri Lanka Army ⓘ
Sudan Armed Forces ⓘ
Uganda Army ⓘ
Zambian Army ⓘ
usedFor internal security ⓘ
liaison ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
weight about 3.7 tonnes ⓘ
width 1.9 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Motorman → usedEquipment → Ferret armoured cars ⓘ
Ferret armoured car → basedOn → Daimler Dingo scout car ⓘ
subject linked to: Ferret armoured cars
linked to: Ferret armoured cars
FV721 Fox → designedAsSuccessorTo → Ferret armoured car ⓘ
linked to: Ferret armoured cars
QF 2-pounder gun → mountedOn → Daimler Armoured Car ⓘ
linked to: Ferret armoured cars