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    The AEC Matador was a heavy 4×4 truck and medium artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during...
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    from then until 1944 AEC produced nearly 10,000 vehicles for the war effort. During the war, AEC produced their 10-ton 4x4 Matador artillery tractor (an...
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    The AEC Militant (or "Milly") was a post-war development by AEC of the AEC Matador artillery tractor used during World War II. Externally the most noticeable...
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    such as the Morris "Quad", Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) "Quad" and AEC Matador throughout World War II, rather than adopt a general purpose vehicle...
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    chassis. The most common ACV of the British Army was the AEC 4x4 ACV. The vehicle, based on AEC Matador chassis, entered production in 1941. A total of about...
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    to a contemporary cruiser tank. AEC of Southall, England was a manufacturer of truck and bus chassis and its Matador artillery tractor was used for towing...
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    with the 5.5 inch gun replacing it. Both Mks were normally towed by the AEC Matador 4 × 4 medium artillery tractor. The Germans gave captured guns the designation...
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  • up matador in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A matador is the central bullfighter who must kill the bull. Matador(s), The Matador(s), El Matador, or...
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    continue production so a new design was prepared based on the AEC Matador, which became the AEC armoured command vehicle. White, B. T. (1970). British tanks...
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    360° on the carriage or pedestal and provided elevation up to 80°. An AEC Matador was the normal gun tractor. There were six marks of ordnance (the barrel...
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    although not exclusively, soft-skinned vehicles.[citation needed] Morris C8 AEC Matador Scammell Pioneer "Do you know your army? (3) Field Artillery Tractor"...
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    For transport over long distances, Crocodile units were issued with AEC Matador lorries to tow the trailers. The tanks themselves were moved on tank...
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    A Lancaster being fuelled from an AEC Matador truck, 1944...
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  • M2 4-ton amphibian, Terrapin – amphibious personnel and cargo carrier AEC Matador – 4x4 truck and artillery tractor Albion CX22S – heavy 6x4 artillery...
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    British AEC Matador lorry with allied star on side, aerial recognition on cab roof with H on cab door meaning artillery tractor followed by vehicle census...
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    generally towed by the AEC Matador artillery tractor. From the 1950s in British service, the 5.5 was typically towed by an AEC Militant Mk 1 6x6 truck...
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    The FWD R.6.T, later and more widely known as the AEC 850, was a British 6×6 military vehicle of the interwar period that was used in the early part of...
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    60-pounder, 6-inch howitzer, 4.5-inch gun and 5.5-inch howitzer, until the AEC Matador medium gun tractor was issued in sufficient numbers. Heavy artillery...
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    turntable on the back of an armoured AEC Matador chassis. The limited traverse of the gun was mitigated by the Matador driver turning the vehicle. A battery...
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    CCKW, another US "deuce-and-a-half" military truck of WW II (and later) AEC Matador/CMP FAT/Canadian Military Pattern truck – predecessors to M35 and used...
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  • Loyd tankette (~60) Type 83 (50) Vickers 6-Ton (30) Type 76 SPAAG (26) AEC Matador (9,000) Albion CX22S Dragon Mark IV Crusader II, Gun Tractor Mk I Guy...
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    Dutch boys help British troops clean an AEC Matador lorry in a village stream on 25 November 1944....
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    compared to about double that for the SCR-584. It was normally towed by an AEC Matador artillery tractor unit, as opposed to requiring a semi-trailer. It could...
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  • Skoda 105mm M1916 mountain cannon (Czechoslovak made) Other vehicles AEC Matador (British made gun carrier) Demag Sonderkraftfahrzeug Sd.Kfz.10/1 (German...
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  • Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78200-931-3. Haugh, D. R. (25 February 2008). "AEC Deacon Datasheet" (PDF) (revised ed.). Warwheels.net. Archived (PDF) from...
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  • Marshall medium truck no 1935-1941 United Kingdom AEC AEC Matador medium truck no 1938-1959 United Kingdom AEC AEC Militant heavy truck no 1951-1979 United Kingdom...
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  • G526VYE 1990 Museum Volvo B10B / Northern Counties K125BUD 1993 Museum AEC Matador / SVOC GXX785 1945 Museum Daimler CK / Dodson DL5084 1927 Museum Cheverton...
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    timber tractor, an idea he used when he converted war-surplus 95 bhp AEC Matador 4x4 medium artillery tractors as 4x4 timber tractors. The firm also built...
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    Deacon (artillery) (category AEC vehicles)
    with some loss of traverse. The basis of the Deacon Gun Carrier was an AEC Matador truck chassis. A 6-pounder gun with enclosed armoured shield was mounted...
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     United States Morris C8 Artillery tractor 1940-1945  United Kingdom AEC Matador Artillery tractor 1940-1945  United Kingdom Diamond T 4-Ton lorry 4 ton...
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