at the rear. Although well-armoured it was heavy at 16 tons and performance still lacked so the project was stopped. A very large vehicle armed with the QF 6 pounder gun and armoured side skirts; only the one prototype was built. Mk VI (1943) The Mark VI was a return to the 8-wheeled design. Powered by two Mercury V8 engines with an eight-wheel drive steered on the front and rear wheels. Two prototypes were built, one with a 2 pounder and other with a 6 pounder gun in an open-topped three-man turret with electric powered traverse and protected by 10 to 30 mm of sloped armour. Additional armament consisted of 2 or 3 machine guns. The two-pounder equipped version was sent to the UK for assessment, the transmission proved unreliable suffering several axle failures. The 2-pdr is now in the Bovington Tank Museum, the other in South Africa. Mk VII An improved version of the Mk IIIA, the project was stopped after prototypes as it was only armed with a Vickers machine gun. Mk VIII Similar to the Mk III but with a 2 pounder gun in a bigger turret. The project was stopped in 1943 as requirements had already moved on to larger weapons such as the 6 pounder gun. Operators - Cypriot National Guard: Deployed against invading Turkish troops in 1974. Egypt France - Free French Forces: Mk III. Some modified to carry the Hotchkiss 25mm Anti-Tank gun. - Hellenic Army: British India - British Indian Army: Mark III. - People's Security Forces: Mk III. Captured from Imperial Japanese Army stocks. Operated during Indonesian National Revolution, especially in Battle of Surabaya. - Royal Italian Army: Operated captured vehicles during the North African Campaign. Empire of Japan - Imperial Japanese Army: Captured during the Malayan and East Indies campaigns. Some supplied to the Indian National Army. Kenya Colony - Kenyan Armoured Car Regiment Dutch East Indies - Royal Netherlands East Indies Army: Mark III. - 2nd Armoured Brigade: Mark II. - British South Africa Police: Retired in 1972. - South African Armoured Corps - Syrian Army: Mark IVF. Transjordan - Arab Legion: Mark IV. - 1st King's Dragoon Guards: 80 in service during the Siege of Tobruk. See also Dorman Long Humber Armoured Car Eland Mk7 Notes References George Forty - World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Self-Propelled Artillery, Osprey Publishing 1996, . Equipment Used By the Armoured