Humber Scout Car

The Humber scout car was a British light scout car used in the Second World War, in service from 1942 and in production until 1945. Humber, which with other companies in the Rootes Group was already building armoured cars and the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, built it to a layout similar to the Daimler Dingo because Daimler alone could not meet the need for scout cars. It carried a crew of two with an emergency seat for a third, a No. 19 radio set and a Bren light machine gun, and it protected against light arms fire only, with an unarmoured floor to keep the weight down. At least 4,298 were ordered and at least 4,102 delivered, 1,698 of them Mk I. It was generally considered less capable and reliable than the Dingo, and its shape became the format for the post-war Ferret armoured car.