SHIRE ALBUM No 209 EARLY ARMOURED CARS

Armoured cars were the first armoured fighting vehicles. Automobiles were converted for military use soon after the beginning of the Twentieth Century and in 1912 armoured cars were used in action for the first time. This book traces their development from the first improvised designs to the turreted armoured cars in service during the First World War. The emphasis is mainly on British vehicles, but foreign armoured cars are also included. The book is illustrated with photographs from the archives of the Tank Museum at Bovington in Dorset.