page_title: Humber Armoured Car
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Humber Armoured Car / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Humber Mk III armoured car
context_page_description: The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war.
context_section_description: Mark I
  Original version, based on the Guy Armoured Car body. Armed with one 15 mm and one 7.92 mm calibre Besa machine guns. Three man crew: driver, gunner, commander. About 300 units built.
  Mark I AA / Quad AA
  The Mark I fitted with a different turret mounting four 7.92 mm BESA machine guns able to elevate to near vertical and an AA sight. The vehicle was intended to provide anti-aircraft support for armoured car units, but the Allied air superiority meant they were needed less and less as the war progressed.
  Mark II
  Changes to the turret, better armour around driver and radiator. 440 units built.
  Mark II OP
  Observation post vehicle, armed with two 7.92 mm BESA MGs.
  Mark III
  Larger three-man turret with provisions for a wireless operator freeing up the wireless operation tasks of the commander.
  "Rear Link" – gun replaced with dummy to allow installation of Wireless No. 19 High Power and its generator. Issued two per regiment for communication between front and HQ.
  Mark IV
  Equipped with the US M5 or M6 37 mm high velocity gun in place of the 15 mm BESA. The larger gun required the removal of the third crewman in the turret (the wireless operator). Turret hatches were rearranged with the new gun and crew layout. About 2,000 units built.
caption: Mk III with visible turret overhang
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