Protect Britain from Jerry in Improvised Armoured Transports!
February 14, 2014 by dracs
Warlord Games have officially released their Dad's Army Home Guard box set, but this isn't the only thing they have to help defend the shores of England. Hop into the new Armadillo improvised armoured transport!
The Armadillo was an armoured fighting vehicle produced in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940-1941. Based on a number of standard lorry chassis, it comprised a wooden fighting compartment protected by a layer of gravel filling the walls of the ‘fort’ and a driver’s cab protected by mild steel plates. Armadillos were used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to protect aerodromes and by the Home Guard. - Warlord Games
Despite the serious fears and needs which led to the creations of these vehicles, I can't help but feel that there is something charmingly eccentric about them. If Captain Mainwaring's men didn't already have an iconic vehicle of their own I could definitely see them wheeling around in one of these.
Fancy hitching a ride in one of these?
I seen one that’s looks like the armadillo at the bovington tank museum made of concrete
When you see some of the absurd stuff that was being thrown together in the aftermath of Dunkirk, you begin to appreciate that the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy were in fact all that Britain had to hold the Germans at bay. One of our extended family was with the BEF – he survived an incident where all the soldiers with him were killed while they searched for water. Someone else found him and got him on a boat, but his wife got the dreaded telegram saying he was missing in action. He turned up 12 days later in… Read more »
Hitler never stood a chance.
Seriously though it’s great to something a little different on the table.
I love this! A concrete shed on the back of a flatbed lorry. Desperate Tommy bodging at its finest! Definitely going on my already-bloated Warlord wishlist.
very much part of the British tradition. if it all goes t*ts up, time for a botch-job – whether its distributing pikes to the general public in case Boney invades or bolting elephant guns onto bi-planes in the first weeks of the Great War (at a time when we didn’t even have an airforce – we let volunteers take there planes to France and have a bash). Would love to see more civilian vehicles like Jones’ van or the bath-tub tank… Crackin stuff as always for Bolt Action!