Lanchester AFV British WWI ARMORED (Armoured) CAR

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Lanchester British AFV WWI Armored (Armoured) Car

LANCHESTER WWI BRITISH AFV ARMOURED (Armored) CAR

Lanchester AFV Armoured Car developed by George Lanchester had 6 forward and reverse gears

Next to the Rolls Royce Armoured Car, series the Lanchester armored cars were the most common type in use by the British Army in the Great War.
WWI British Officer
Twenty of these vehicles also served the Russian Army beginning in 1915. The vehicle Lanchester Armored Car had a six-cylinder, 4.8 litre engine which developed 65 b.h.p. at 2200 r.pm.; the gear-box was three-speed epicyclical type and transmission was by worm drive to the rear axle. As an armoured car with about 8mm of armor, it weighed between four and five tons, the top speed was about 50 m.p.h. The crew consisted of three or four men and the armament was one Vickers-Maxim machine gun mounted in the turret, although a Lewis light machine-gun was usually also carried, stowed inside the car.

Rolls Royce Armored Car The Lanchester Armoured Car was manned by a crew of four and armed with a Vickers-Maxim machine gun mounted in the turret, although a Lewis light machine-gun was usually also carried, stowed inside the car. It had a top speed of 80 kmh and a range of 290 km. After 1915 the Lanchester Armoured Car was phased out and replaced by the Rolls-Royce Armoured Car (see left)

Emils final Lanchester Armored Car Beta perched up on a few of his Bulgarian books. Note that there have been a few changes to the design since. Especially the running board.

This is the basic assembly of the WWI Lanchester Armored Car cardmodel.

Model and great step-by-step tutorial thanks to Joe Golden

Here is the build of the FG Lanchester Armored Car. Sweet model and soon to be released. Thanks for sending me a beta version of this to build. This subject is new to FG and I hope they expand on it.
I've posted a pictorial building review at: Lanchester Instructional.. Joe Golden

Purchase Information

$4.95

Comes in two sizes and several versions. Great for Wargamming

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The Lanchester Armored Car comes in TWO scales and several versions including BW
and a fun version for George Bush (see below)

What people say...

Bush Security Vehicle Chip and All, Noticed this the other day at the FG site. Oh man! Really looking forward to this and can't wait 'till available for purchase. FG's released only some land vehicles as called for or a support for a few of the aircraft models, I was not sure if you wanted to delve into other areas. Hope this one goes well for you and will lead to others. i mainly enjoy the WWII models, but also the early flying machines. Maybe some early or odd wheeled vehicles, be they military, civilian or concepts. Good day! Joe Golden