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EFE |
Part Number: |
E99201 |
Scale / Type: |
OO Scale |
Our Code: |
EFE99201 |
Associated Equipment Company (AEC) was an English vehicle manufacturer that built buses, motorcoaches and trucks from 1912 until 1979. The name Associated Equipment Company was hardly ever used; instead it traded under the AEC and ACLO brands.
World War II
Non-military production stopped in 1941, from then until 1944 AEC produced nearly 10,000 vehicles for the war effort Road Transport Archives During the war, AEC produced their 10-ton 4x4 Matador artillery tractor (an adaptation of their commercial 4x2 Matador lorry that exploited AEC's experience with the Hardy FWD venture). A 6x6 version was designated as the AEC Marshall but almost always called the Matador. To this they added the AEC Armoured Car in 1941. Other uses of the Matador chassis were the Deacon self-propelled anti-tank gun vehicle, used briefly in North Africa; and the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, popularly known as the Dorchester. |
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