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Old 02-12-20, 16:48
Mike Cecil Mike Cecil is offline
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Robin,

A series of names were adopted officially for Australian armoured vehicles (except the MG carrier and derivatives).

Car, Light Armoured, (Aust) was the Rover.
Car, Heavy, (Aust) was the Rhino
Car, Scout (Aust) was the Dingo.

The Australian Cruiser tank Mk.1 was the Sentinel, and the Mk.3 was the Thunderbolt.

I've never found an official explanation as to how the names were arrived at, unlike the post-war SP 25-pdr called Yeramba, where the origin of the name is well documented.

The Rover was un-officially known as the Mobile Slit Trench due to the long, narrow open top.

Given Wayne's expertise as we have seen it with Wayne's Wonder Bus, etc, I'm looking forward to this restoration thread. This is indeed a rare vehicle, and it will be fantastic to see it properly restored. I'm sure I'll learn a lot more about the Rover and its construction along the way - there is nothing like the experience of dealing with the real thing.


Mike

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