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The Rolls-Royce armoured car is a British armoured car developed in 1914 and used during the First World War, Irish Civil War, the inter-war period in Imperial Air Control in Transjordan, Palestine and Mesopotamia, and in the early stages of the Second World War in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Rolls-Royce Eagle engines at Derby in 1919. Development of the new 20 litre engine was led by Henry Royce from his home in Kent.Based initially on the 7.4 litre 40/50 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost engine, and drawing also on the design of a 7.2 litre Daimler DF80 aero engine used in a 1913 Grand Prix Mercedes that had been acquired, [2] the power was increased by doubling the number of cylinders to ...
The Lanchester was a turreted armoured car, built on the chassis of a Lanchester Sporting Forty luxury tourer.The layout of the Lanchester was similar to the Rolls-Royce, with a front mounted engine, crew compartment in the middle and rear cargo deck; the fighting compartment and turret was almost identical to the Rolls-Royce.
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By the time Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars arrived in December 1914, the mobile period on the Western Front was already over. [ 23 ] More tactically important was the development of formed units of armored cars, such as the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade , which was the first fully mechanized unit in the history.
The Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost name refers both to a car model and one specific car from that series. Originally named the " 40/50 h.p. " the chassis was first made at Royce's Manchester works, with production moving to Derby in July 1908, and also, between 1921 and 1926, in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA .
Advertised as "the silent sports car" and very much in the Rolls-Royce mould, it was a private entry by Eddie Hall (but supported by Rolls-Royce) in the 1934, 1935 and 1936 RAC Tourist Trophy sports car races on the Ards Circuit, where it recorded the fastest average speed in each year (ahead of Lagondas and Bugattis).