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{{Infobox weapon
| name = Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern Mk IIA
| image = Armored-car-india-2.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = Newly completed vehicle on a testing ground in India
| origin = [[British India]]
| type = [[Armored car (military)|Armoured car]]
| is_vehicle = yes
| is_UK = yes
| produced =
| number = 4,655
| length = {{convert|4.72|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|2.26|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|1.98|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|2,626|kg|LT|abbr=on}}
| suspension = 4 × 4 wheel, [[leaf spring]]
| speed = {{convert|80|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}
| vehicle_range = {{convert|360|km|miles|abbr=on}}
| primary_armament = [[Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys|Boys anti-tank rifle]] and / or 0.303 in (7.7 mm) [[Bren light machine gun]]
| secondary_armament =
| armour = 14 mm
| engine = Ford V-8 [[gasoline engine|petrol engine]].
| engine_power = 95 hp (71 kW)
| pw_ratio =
| crew = 3-4
| production_date = 1940-1944
}}

'''Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern''' ('''ACV-IP'''), known also as '''Indian Pattern Carrier''' or other similar names, was an [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]] produced in [[British India|India]] during the [[Second World War]]. It was typically armed with a [[Bren light machine gun]]. Those produced by Tata Locomotives were called "Tatanagars" after the location of the works.<ref>[http://vehicle-engineer.com/Sections/This_Issue/article.pics.asp?id=73&keyword1=Jaguar&keyword2=History&keyword3=TATA Vehicle-engineer.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830194747/http://vehicle-engineer.com/Sections/This_Issue/article.pics.asp?id=73&keyword1=Jaguar&keyword2=History&keyword3=TATA |date=August 30, 2009 }}</ref> 4,655 were produced, used by Indian units in the [[South-East Asian Theatre of World War II|Far East]] and [[Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre]], typically in divisional [[reconnaissance]] regiments.

==History==
At the outbreak of the [[Second World War]], the United Kingdom was unable to meet the needs of the [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] for [[armoured fighting vehicle]]s. It led many Commonwealth countries to develop their own vehicles. As production of heavy armoured vehicles, such as [[tank]]s, required advanced industry which those countries lacked, most of the developed fighting vehicles were [[Armored car (military)|armoured cars]], often based on imported chassis.

In India a series of armoured vehicles was developed, known as ''Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern'' or ''ACV-IP''. These vehicles used [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] or [[General Motors Corporation|GMC]] [[Canadian Military Pattern truck|CMP truck]] chassis imported from [[Canada]]. Armoured hulls were constructed mainly by the [[Indian Railways]]. The armament typically consisted of [[Bren light machine gun]], in some variants mounted in a small turret and [[Boys anti-tank rifle]]. The [[Wireless Set No. 19|No. 19 radio set]] was carried. The vehicle was in production from 1940 until 1944, 4,655 being built.

The ACV-IP was used by Indian units in the [[South-East Asian Theatre of World War II|Far East]] and [[Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre]], typically in divisional reconnaissance regiments, as reconnaissance vehicle, personnel carrier, AA weapons carrier or [[Artillery observer|Forward Observation Officer]] vehicle.

==Variants==

[[Image:IWM-E-10355-ACV-IP-19420410.jpg|thumb|An Indian Pattern Carrier Mk IIA named 'Dhar IV', North Africa, 10 April 1942.]]
* '''Mk I''' — initial version, based on Ford model 1940 truck chassis with motor in front, fitted with a [[Marmon-Herrington]] [[Four-wheel drive|all wheel drive]] kit.<ref>{{cite web |last=Spoelstra |first=Hanno |url=http://www.marmon-herrington.webs.com/truck.html |title=Trucks converted with Marmon-Herrington All-Wheel Drive Conversion Kits |work=Marmon-Herrington Military Vehicles |access-date=2011-06-09 |archive-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820171712/http://marmon-herrington.webs.com/truck.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''Mk II''' — Ford CO11QRF chassis (all wheel drive, motor in the rear, right hand drive).
* '''Mk IIA''' — modified armoured hull.
* '''Mk IIB''' — thicker armour.
* '''Mk IIC''' — Ford C191QRF chassis, armoured roof and small turret for Bren MG.
* '''Mk III''' — similar to Mk IIC, with slightly modified hull. 276 units built.
* '''Mk IV''' — Ford C291QR chassis, open hull.

==Notes==
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==References==
* George Forty - ''World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Self-Propelled Artillery'', Osprey Publishing 1996, {{ISBN|1-85532-582-9}}.
* I. Moschanskiy - ''Armored vehicles of the Great Britain 1939-1945 part 2'', Modelist-Konstruktor, Bronekollektsiya 1999-02 (И. Мощанский - ''Бронетанковая техника Великобритании 1939-1945 часть 2'', Моделист-Конструктор, Бронеколлекция 1999–02).
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==External links==
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|image1=[http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Tomforce/assets/images/Armoured_Carrier.jpg An ACV-IP Mk II in Australian use in Malaya/Singapore.] [http://www.britain-at-war.org.uk/WW2/Tomforce/]
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* [http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=1412 ACV-IP at Flames of War]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216041323/http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/India/India.html Indian Armor at TANKS!]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070509174116/http://www.wargaming.net/tanks/india_models/acv-ip_2.htm ACV-IP at Wargaming.net]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071222182351/http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Allies/3-UK/09-ArmoredCars/ACV-IP%28Indian%29/ACV-IP%28Indian%29-Mk1.htm ACV-IP at ww2drawings.jexiste.fr]

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[[Category:Military history of India during World War II]]
[[Category:World War II armoured cars]]
[[Category:Military vehicles of India]]
[[Category:Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944]]

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