Two views of the Dingo . Powered by the standard Ford V8 85 bhp engine and weighing in at around 4 tons . These unique Australian designed and built scout cars were initially deployed in Aust. armoured divisions and they were used in training roles within Australia during WW2 . As quantities of the U.S. M3A1 White Scout car arrived in Australia , the Dingo was relegated to second line duty . Most of the surviving examples are located in Western Australia , where the 1st Aust. armoured division was deployed to counter any potential Japanese threat to the West coast. The vehicle was generally viewed by the army as being unacceptable and a failure. It was hurredly put together at a time when supplies of tried and proven armoured cars were slow to arrive from overseas sources. The vehicle had limited cross country ability. The two crew members sat in a small cramped enclosure .
Despite all of the shortcomings, it does represent what local manufacture was capable of . |
