you
this is the day mother Scout car
otherwise known as the dangler dingo it
doesn't look much it's quite a small
vehicle but actually amongst military
vehicles it's the one closest to what it
was designed to do not altered in any
way and absolutely efficient at what it
did it's got about 30 millimeters of
frontal armor takes a crew of two and
has a Daimler six-cylinder engine in the
back but what's most interesting is the
way it drives there's one central
differential no differential for each
axle each wheel is on a coil spring
suspension and the wheels have rubber
tires like in the other vehicle but
they're not pneumatic tires they're
actually semi solid so although you'd
expect to rough ride with the coil
springs you it quite a smooth ride
they take a Bren gun to the left
operated by the gana who sits next to
the driver it's called a radio in the
back which is operated by the same man
who has to turn round in his seat to
operate it and the driver is sitting at
an odd angle he's sitting slightly ski
with not straight on to the front but so
that he can look over his shoulder and
the reason for that is that the car's
power bar pre-sold run by a pre-selected
gearbox which means that the driver
selects the next gear that he wants
before needing to change up it also
means that the car has separate reverse
so the driver can put the car in reverse
while it's going forwards and then have
it go backwards instantaneously and
that's why needs to be able to look over
his shoulder because he's got five
speeds in Reverse if he wants them
wouldn't recommend it you can do it the
cars got thirty millimeters of frontal
armor it's of all welded construction as
you can see and it really is one of the
most efficient vehicles ever produced it
protection isn't terribly good
originally they had a metal roof and if
the thing went over a mine the two men
inside were blown upwards till they hit
leave the roof at the top and if that
didn't kill him nothing else would so
they later replaced it with this canvas
roof which rolls back and means that the
men can actually must be fired out the
top by a mine and they're less likely to
be injured though it's difficult to say
there's a seat at the back to the
commander who can actually sit up and
watch where the vehicles going over the
drivers head over the front of the
vehicle
I wouldn't recommend sitting there
either it's an excellent place to it
catapult it off if something bounces
across country which it will and they're
very very mobile
having four-wheel drive on the original
model they had four-wheel steering as
well but they used to tie the driver in
knot so they decide not to do that this
particular version is the mark 3 it was
actually restored by a private
individual a chap who served in the 12th
Lancers and he painted it up it's rather
beautifully painted really better than
the real ones were in fact and his
paints that was mark
the 12th Lancers on it to commemorate
that fact but otherwise it's complete
and it is a dingo exactly as they were
during the Second World War and
afterwards the dingo lasted a long time
until it was replaced by the ferret the
underside is completely flat so that if
it happens to get on to rough country it
can almost skid across bits of it
doesn't need to have four-wheel drive
all the way just to get over bumpy bits
like that
the stowage is very simple you see it
scattered all over the car the tools on
the mudguard here the fuel cans at the
back there's literally no room inside to
store anything otherwise it's a very
simple design quite rugged in its way
and very effective which is more than
you can say for many other armoured
vehicles one of the best ever produced I
reckon
you