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Austin armoured car, 3rd series | |
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Type | Armoured car |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
Used by | |
Specifications | |
Mass | 5.3 t |
Length | 190 in (4.9 m) |
Width | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
Height | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Crew | 4 or 5 |
Armour | 3–6 mm |
Main armament | 2 x machine guns (Maxim or Hotchkiss) |
Engine | Austin 4-cylinder inline, 4 stroke, water cooled gasoline engine 50 hp (37 kW) |
Power/weight | 9.5 hp/ton |
Transmission | 4 speed, 1 reverse gearbox |
Suspension | 4x2 wheel |
Operational range | 125 mi (201 km) radius of action |
Maximum speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
The Austin armoured car was a British armoured car produced during the First World War. The vehicle is best known for its employment by the Imperial Russian Army in the First World War and by different forces in the Russian Civil War.
In addition to the British-built Austins, a few dozens of vehicles were manufactured in Russia in 1918–20. These are usually referred to as Austin-Putilov or – if fitted with a Kégresse halftrack chassis – Austin-Kégresse.