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Seabrook was a commercially acquired lorry with armoured bodywork and armament added to convert it to a fighting vehicle. The armoured bodywork was fitted to a Seabrook 4x2 5-ton lorry chassis; Seabrook did not manufacture the chassis or engine but imported them from the
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and some of his subordinate officers designed an armoured lorry to mount a
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semi-automatic gun on a pedestal mount giving 360 degree traverse and was also fitted with two or four
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522:"Seabrook Heavy Armoured Car"
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404:Two Seabrook armoured lorries
367:Forges et Chantiers de France
340:QF 3-pounder (47 mm) Vickers
332:Standard Motor Truck Company
219:QF 3-pounder (47 mm) Vickers
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289:20 mph (32 km/h)
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891:Tanks in the British Army
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414:Rolls-Royce armoured cars
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206:.31 in (7.9 mm)
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50:Place of origin
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571:Ventham, Philip (1990).
159:10 long tons (10 t)
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315:Royal Naval Air Service
307:Seabrook armoured lorry
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649:"Mother"
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