The Leyland Beaver-Eel, officially the Tender, Armoured, Leyland Type C, was an improvised armoured truck used by the Royal Air Force throughout the Second World War for airfield defence. It was one of several armoured types designed in 1940 on the orders of Lord Beaverbrook and Admiral Sir Edward Evans as hasty measures after Dunkirk, and the first prototype was designed, built, tested and approved, with production deliveries begun, within ten days of the admiral's visit to the Leyland works in June 1940. It was an open-topped armoured body on a Leyland Retriever 3-ton 6x4 lorry chassis, with a welded frame, bolted armour plates and poor visibility. Leyland built 250 and the LMS Derby Carriage Works another 86.
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The Leyland Beaver-Eel was one of several armoured vehicle types designed in 1940 on the orders of Lord Beaverbrook and Admiral Sir Edward Evans for the defence of Great Britain, as a part of the hasty measures taken by the British Government following the Dunkirk evacuation and the threat of invasion.
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The Leyland Beaver-Eel, known officially as the Tender, Armoured, Leyland Type C, was an improvised armoured truck used by the Royal Air Force throughout World War II for airfield defence duties.
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Leyland built 250 Beaver-Eels in its own factory, whilst an additional 86 were built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway's Derby Carriage Works.
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