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The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car (Paperback)
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The Rolls-Royce Armoured Car (Paperback)
Series: New Vanguard
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Loot Price R389
Discovery Miles 3 890
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The first Rolls-Royce armoured car was a privately owned vehicle
fitted with a machine-gun and a limited amount of armour plate,
used by the Royal Naval Air Service in Flanders in 1914. By 1915,
nearly 100 had been built and turned over to the Army. From then
on, as Sir Albert Stern said 'They searched the world for war',
operating as far apart as the northwest frontier of India, the
Middle East and southern Africa. The cars were fast, quiet and
reliable but above all powerful. 'A Rolls in the desert is above
rubies,' said Lawrence of Arabia. After World War I, the War Office
continued to produce the Rolls-Royce while tinkering with the
design. These further cars served all across the Empire, including
in Ireland and even later Shanghai, returning for a final brief
appearance in the early stages of World War II.This book tells the
complete story of the Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, following its
design and development as it fought from theatre to theatre during
World War I and the turbulent inter-war years.
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