Bruce Newsome Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I wonder when did the British army first acquire vehicles with searchlights mounted for use from the vehicle (as opposed to sometimes carried as a temporary load)? I see from photographs that the British Army went into WW2 with searchlights on the back of Guy FBAX 3-ton lorries, but don't know when that combination was first acquired or what the precedents were for such a combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 This is covered in the book "Tyne Electrical Engineers, Royal Engineers". I think they had Fiat mobile searchlights from 1915 and Dennis Stevens from about 1917. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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