The Leyland RAF Type lorry, also called the Leyland Subsidy A Type, was a British lorry built by Leyland Motors in the 1910s that saw wide service with the militaries of the British Empire in the First World War. It was linked above all with the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, and after the war large numbers were reconditioned by Leyland and sold to the public as the RAF Type. A cab-behind-engine, rear-wheel-drive lorry developed from the 4-ton Leyland S Class, it carried 3 long tons in military service and 4 in civilian use, and early cars had a 30 hp four-cylinder side-valve petrol engine, with a larger 316 cubic inch unit of 36 hp from 1914.
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The Leyland RAF Type lorry, also known as the Leyland Subsidy A Type, was a British lorry built by the Leyland Motors in the 1910s, that saw widespread service with militaries of the British Empire during the First World War.
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Mechanically, early RAF Types were powered by a 4-cylinder inline side valve petrol engine, which produced 30 hp (22 kW) (some sources claim 32 hp (24 kW)).
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From 1914 it was powered by a larger 316 cu in (5.18 L) 4-cylinder inline side valve petrol engine that produced 36 hp (27 kW).
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