Product Description
- The Daimler Armored Car was developed based on the Daimler Scout Car.
- The Daimler reconnaissance vehicle was a lightweight, small reconnaissance vehicle, and the Daimler Armored Car was a larger version of this vehicle equipped with a 2-pounder gun turret from a Tetrarch tank.
- To extend the life of the 2-pounder gun, a "Little John adapter" was fitted to the muzzle of one armored car per armored car platoon during the latter half of World War II.
- This was developed by engineer Janacek (Little John in English), who defected from Czechoslovakia, and fired a tungsten-cored APSV bullet of the same principle as the German Görlich cannon, but with a reduced caliber of 30 mm instead of 40 mm.
- Although it was expected that the higher muzzle velocity would improve the gun's penetration power, it also had drawbacks such as a short barrel life, and no corresponding shells were available, as was the case with the 2.8cm sPzB41.
- Also, when crews realized that the APSV rounds had improved penetration without the adapter, many crews decided to leave the adapter in place.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 30 x 20 x 4.7 cm / 230g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- PB72148
- JAN code
- 4544032905279
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.