Aec "dorchester" armoured command vehicle

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by cliff

while reading the instructions I found that 7 of these vehicles were given to the Australian Forces in the Middle East

I recall reading recently that Australians were given 7 Matadors in the ME, but I assumed they were HAA gun tractors as seen in pic 1. If so, I wonder if this is the origin of the 7 Dorchester story...? I'll try to track down the reference.

Armour isn't my field so I only have one Dorchester pic, which looks British to my untrained eye. I can't recall where I found it but I'm sure I could track it down if need be.

[George Moore]

Interesting photo of the Dorchester especially as it has been camouflaged to look like a truck.
This design was one of the those by Major Jasper Maskelyne, a famous stage magician in civilian life.
Though not rare, photgraphs are few and far between of this scheme.

George.