Daimler Dingo

The Daimler scout car, known in British military service as the Daimler Dingo, is a light, fast, four-wheel drive armoured reconnaissance vehicle from the United Kingdom, also used for liaison in the Second World War. Following a 1938 War Office specification, the BSA prototype beat the Alvis and Morris entries and a first order for 172 was placed in May 1939, with production assigned to Daimler. A compact two-man car with 30 mm of front armour and a 2.5 litre, 55 horsepower six cylinder petrol engine in the rear, it had a preselector gearbox and fluid flywheel giving five speeds in both directions, an H-drive powertrain and at first four-wheel steering, which was deleted because inexperienced drivers found it hard to control. Its flat underside made it vulnerable to landmines.