Armoured Carrier Wheeled Indian Pattern

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Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern Mk IIA
Newly completed vehicle on a testing ground in India
Type	Armoured car
Place of origin	British India
Production history
Produced	1940-1944
No. built	4,655
Specifications
Mass	2,626 kg (2.585 long tons)
Length	4.72 m (15 ft 6 in)
Width	2.26 m (7 ft 5 in)
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Crew	3-4
Armour	14 mm
Main armament	Boys anti-tank rifle and / or 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Bren light machine gun
Engine	Ford V-8 petrol engine. 95 hp (71 kW)
Suspension	4 × 4 wheel, leaf spring
Operational range	360 km (220 mi)
Maximum speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern (ACV-IP), known also as Indian Pattern Carrier or other similar names, was an armoured car produced in India during the Second World War. It was typically armed with a Bren light machine gun. Those produced by Tata Locomotives were called "Tatanagars" after the location of the works.^[1] 4,655 were produced, used by Indian units in the Far East and Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre, typically in divisional reconnaissance regiments.