World War II British vehicles

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Chapters: War Department locomotives, World War II armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom, List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotives, Bison concrete armoured lorry, Canadian Military Pattern truck, LMS Stanier Class 8F, Welbike, Universal Carrier, Rolls-Royce Armoured Car, Armadillo armoured fighting vehicle, Loyd Carrier, WD Austerity 2-10-0, Morris C8, British armoured fighting vehicles of World War II, Sexton, Humber armoured car, Daimler Dingo, Kangaroo, Archer, British armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II, WD Austerity 2-8-0, Lanchester 6x4 Armoured Car, Bishop, Daimler Armoured Car, LB&SCR I2 class, GWR 2301 Class, Standard Beaverette, LMS diesel shunters 7059-7068, Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, AEC Armoured Car, Humber Scout Car, Austin K2, Coventry armoured car, USATC S200 Class, Morris Light Reconnaissance Car, Deacon, WD ex-LMS Fowler Class 3F, AEC Matador, Guy Armoured Car, British Rail Class D3/7, Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer, Portee, Alecto, LMS diesel shunter 7051, LMS diesel shunter 7054, Morris CS9, Bedford QLD, British Rail Class D3/6, LMS diesel shunter 7058, LMS diesel shunter 7057, LMS diesel shunter 7050, CMP FAT, Bedford OXA, LMS diesel shunter 7052, LMS diesel shunter 7053, Austin K5, Ford Fordor, Guy Lizard. Excerpt: This table details the steam locomotives of the Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST class that have been preserved on heritage railways. Of the 485 'Austerities' constructed, around 70 have survived into preservation. Although the Hunslet Engine Company were responsible for the design, not all of these locomotives were built by the company. In order to meet wartime demand, Hunslet subcontracted some of the construction to Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., W. G. Bagnall, Hudswell Clarke, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and the Vulcan Foundry. Several have been painted as LNER Class J94s to represent mainline rather than industrial use. Not all have survived intact; the boiler of RSH 7135 of 1944 was used on the replica Broad gauge locomotive "Iron Duke" built in 1985. At least one has been turned into a Thomas the Tank Engine look-a-like, and another into one of Douglas, also from The Railway Series. The Scottish Railway Preservation Society have formed an Austerity Locomotive Owners Association (A.L.O.A.) with the aim of being a central point for owners of Austerity locomotives to share information and assistance. The Bison was an extemporised armoured fighting vehicle frequently characterised as a mobile pillbox. Bisons were produced in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940-1941. Based on a number of different lorry chassis, it featured a fighting compartment protected by a layer of concrete. Bisons were used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to protect aerodromes and by the Home Guard. They acquired the generic name "Bison" from their main manufacturer. With the Fall of France in July 1940, the British Government made efforts to prepare to meet the threatened invasion. One problem was the defence of airfields against airborne troops. An ideal solution for protecting the open space of an airfield was by tanks and armoured cars. However, the British Army lacked heavy equipment, having abandoned much of it during the evacuation of Dunkirk. An alternative was needed which would n