The Archive · 1923

Volunteer Corps

Armoured Communications Car.—

The purchase of an Armoured Communications Car was approved in 1992, upon the recommendation of the Commandant, and provision was made for its cost in the Budget for 1923. The car consists of a Ford Chassis, completely armoured, with loopholes for observation and the use of pistols but with no machine gun turret. The armour plating has been designed and constructed by the New Engineering and Shipbuilding Works Ld. The total cost of the car and -accessories is estimated at Tls. 3,730.

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