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.

Twenty of these vehicles also served the Russian Army beginning in 1915. The vehicle had a six-cylinder, 4.8 liter 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.

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.