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379:Bayonetstrength description of late war regiment
53:Armoured car regiments were a component of the
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250:. Although reconnaissance regiments like the
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219:For decades after the Second World War, the
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187:Second World War organization and vehicles
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98:armoured cars ranging in type from older
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275:The War In France and Flanders 1939-1940
16:Reconnaissance units of the British Army
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183:, but it was not employed in combat.
126:Italy and northwestern Europe 1943-45
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364:"Appendix I: British Forces Engaged"
71:1940 campaign in France and Flanders
404:Armoured cars of the United Kingdom
399:Reconnaissance units and formations
283:"APPENDIX I British Forces Engaged"
244:Fox armoured reconnaissance vehicle
57:. Similarly equipped units of the
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93:Rolls-Royce armoured car in 1940.
372:History of the Second World War
279:History of the Second World War
196:Humber Light Reconnaissance Car
114:were used as well. During the
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159:Commonwealth and other forces
362:Ellis, Major L. F. (1954),
106:types. Less heavily armed
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252:Household Cavalry Regiment
181:2/11 Armoured Car Regiment
163:Besides the British Army,
221:British Army of the Rhine
100:Rolls-Royce armoured cars
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225:4th Queen's Own Hussars
308:"Bayonetstrength site"
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20:Armoured Car Regiments
205:M3 Gun Motor Carriage
177:Union of South Africa
145:Daimler Armoured Cars
134:Daimler armoured car.
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116:East African Campaign
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85:The war in the desert
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59:Reconnaissance Corps
55:Royal Armoured Corps
357:East Africa Command
296:East Africa Command
120:East Africa Command
233:Royal Horse Guards
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173:Southern Rhodesia
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