A1379 Ferret Scout Car Mk.2
£23.99
1:35 Item Scale
187 Parts Included
2 Skill Level
3 Scheme Options
Product Info
After a successful series of light armoured reconnaissance and liaison vehicles, the Ferret Scout Car saw
widespread British and Commonwealth military service from the 1950s onwards, with later variants of
the Ferret taking part in the Gulf War of 1990.
A vehicle type which can trace its lineage back to the successful Daimler Dingo scout car of the Second
World War, the Ferret was designed with stealth in mind, a light and fast armoured vehicle which could
probe enemy positions, reporting any discovered weak points back to commanders, with their own
forces moving to exploit what they found.
Weighing in at around 4 tons operational weight, the Ferret was of all welded construction and featured
armour protection capable of withstanding most small arms fire, but nothing much heavier, although it
was not intended that the vehicle would be operating in direct opposition to heavy enemy armour.
If it did find itself in a bit of trouble, the 4 wheel drive Ferret was powered by a reliable 6 cylinder Rolls
Royce engine which gave it a top speed of 45 mph, a speed it could also achieve in reverse if required,
something which could prove extremely useful if the crew found themselves in a tight spot.
A1379 - Ferret Scout Car Mk.2, West Germany, August 1961. (A)
A1379 - Ferret Scout Car Mk.2, British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS), Canadian Forces Base Suffield,
Alberta, Canada, 1980's. (B)
A1379 - Ferret Scout Car Mk.2, 5th Parachute Brigade, British Army Overseas, Cyprus, 1974. (C)
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