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  • ...adin, Alvis using names beginning with an "S" for the whole range of FV600 vehicles. ...to produce the Fire Support Vehicle. This was later renamed as the Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle after the somewhat unreliable turret was replaced by the turret fro
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  • ...icles can be quite large, and actually be superior to some smaller tracked vehicles in terms of armor and armament. ...armored vehicles were manufactured by adding armor and weapons to existing vehicles. The first manufactured one was the "[[Motor War Car]]" in 1902.<ref>{{cit
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  • ...ional time and resources to do the [[Rallying#Pacenotes and reconnaissance|reconnaissance]] themselves. Currently, the system is used most heavily in the [[Rally Ame *''Speedometer'' – An instrument common to almost all motor vehicles, the speedometer determines the instantaneous travel speed of the car, base
    7 KB (1,164 words) - 23:34, 6 July 2010
  • ...and built 1,500 of these after discontinuing the manufacture of passenger vehicles. Some of the motors and chasisses were imported from the UK Austin; the bod
    3 KB (469 words) - 08:26, 19 August 2008
  • ...f; border-bottom:1px solid #999;" | [[Image:Land Rover Defender 110 patrol vehicles.jpg|300px]] ...roject name used by Land Rover to cover the British Army's recent range of vehicles. The name is not officially used by the MOD but adopted by soldiers as a ge
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  • ...I, and the basis for the later M2 and M3 semi-tracked fighting and tractor vehicles.
    5 KB (683 words) - 10:16, 13 October 2008
  • ...910 it was part of Birmingham's BSA group of companies, producing military vehicles as well as cars. ...ent Company, formed the [[Associated Daimler Company]] to build commercial vehicles.
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  • ...lthough they ''are'' part of ''amphibious assault''. Nor are Ground effect vehicles, such as Ekranoplans. The former don't offer any real land transportation a ...ody configurations or other unconventional designs such as screw-propelled vehicles which use auger-like barrels which propel a vehicle through muddy terrain w
    27 KB (4,252 words) - 07:44, 14 March 2010
  • ...nterest and entries from leading manufacturers. Prizes were awarded to the vehicles by a jury based on the reports of the observers who rode in each car; the j ...'s major cities, in order to promote this novel form of transport. Seventy vehicles took part, the majority of them trade entries. They had to complete thirtee
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  • ...icles with at least three wheels, but some of it may apply to other ground vehicles.) ...el steering]] has begun to be used on road cars (Some WW II reconnaissance vehicles had it). It relieves the effect of angular inertia by starting the whole ca
    28 KB (4,523 words) - 10:30, 28 March 2010