British Morris LRC MkII

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Morris Motors Limited, a British company, produced the Morris LRC (light reconnaissance car) MKII from 1940 to 1944. This armoured vehicle served as a scout and patrol car during the Second World War. Overall production reached over 2,200 vehicles.

The MKII version had a four-wheel drive chassis that improved its off-road performance. It had a crew of three, with the driver sitting in the middle and the gunners on each side. A small turret held a Bren gun, with a hatch mounted forward facing Boys anti-tank rifle providing light anti-armour capabilities. It also had a radio set and a smoke grenade launcher. The vehicle had a sloped steel hull with an armour thickness of 8 to 14 mm. Powered by a Morris 4-cylinder petrol engine it had a top speed of 50 mph and a range of 240 miles.

The Morris LRC saw action in North Africa, Italy and North-West Europe. As with other light armoured cars, some fulfilled an airfield defence role for the RAF Regiments. The vehicle was less famous than its Daimler counterpart, partly due to reliability issues and limited capabilities. Various experimental adaptations such as the Firefly with a 6-pounder gun, the Salamander with a two-seat configuration and the Glanville Fighter Car with two fixed machine guns also used the Morris LRC as a base. However, none of these reached production.