Military armored cars are a type of armoured fighting vehicles and have wheels (usually 6 or 8 large off-road wheels) instead of tracks, and light armor. They may have a machine gun, an autocannon, or a small gun, or may even be unarmed. Their primary purposes are reconnaissance, command/control, and communications.
Civilian armored cars
Civilian armored cars can be divided into two types:
1. cars or trucks used in transporting valuables, such as large quantities of money which are armored and equipped to resist attempts at highway robbery or the hijacking of the cargo. They may be manned with armed guards but do not mount artillery. Armored cars are usually operated by security firms, which provide secure transport for clients' property.
2. Armored versions of cars or SUVs used as protection from crime or violence either by individuals who fear they may become victims, or in high risk environments. Diplomatic missions typically use armored cars as standard vehicles, and many manufacturers or after market firms offer armored versions of their vehicles. They are typically indistinguishable from the regular version on casual inspection from a distance.
The ArmouredCar Section, Rangoon Battalion, BAF, was embodied on 6th December 1941 for its three day annual training camp at Mingaladon Airport north of Rangoon, Burma, and was thus already at its “action station” when a state of war with Japan was declared on 7th December 1941.
The cars were based on a 1920 Rolls Royce chassis but unlike the more familiar Rolls Royce armouredcars used elsewhere by the British, the Indian Pattern cars did not have the platform at the rear.
By 1936 most armouredcars in service in India had been replaced by light tanks and the cars were distributed to volunteer forces in India and neighbouring countries.
The Rolls-Royce armouredcar was an armouredcar developed in 1914 and used in World War I and in the early part of World War II.
Armoured bodywork and a single turret for a machine gun were added to a Rolls Royce 40/50hp car (the engine had a maximum output of about 80 hp).
Armouredcars were poorly suited to the muddy trench filled battlefields of the Western Front, but were able to operate in the Near East; the squadron in France went to Egypt.
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