Beaverette
Jeff Plowman in his book "New Zealand Armour in the Pacific" discusses NZ use of Beaverettes for training in NZ. The pictures he shows of the vehicles show a vehicle that seems to be built on Ford truck platforms. Is the Beaverette an actual production vehicle, or the class name for a locally improvised armoured car? Jeff seems to suggest that Beaverettes were produced in NZ:
"At first, training opportunities were limited by the availability of equipment, especially armour, which did not start to arrive until the first few months in Jan 1942 and then only trickled in. This was because of difficulties encountered in the production of Beaverettes and LP2 Carriers."
The following picture is captioned as "1st prototype Beaverette" and has what to appear to be 1942 Ford truck guards (wings? Fenders?).
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