Бронетранспортёры мандатных ВВС.

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Раскопки в архиве Яд Бен-Цви принесли фотографию припаркованной возле "башни Давида" бронетехники британских ВВС, датированную 1923-м годом. По всей видимости, перед нами бронетранспортёры на базе грузовиков Lancia, служившие в ротах бронеавтомобилей RAF.

In order to provide a comparable degree of mobility for riflemen (from the Iraq Levies or the Desert Police – or even co-opted RAF tradesmen) to support the armoured cars, a limited number of Lancia armoured personnel carriers – similar to those used by the Army – were purchased from 1921 onwards. These had a single Lewis gun mounted in the enclosed cab with an open-topped armoured body capable of carrying up to ten men but, with a smaller 5 litre 35 bhp engine driving the rear wheels only, their cross-country mobility was not always as good as the Rolls-Royce armoured cars.
(Through Adversity: History of the Royal Air Force Regiment By Kingsley M. Oliver)

Такие же машинки в Галилее, тоже 1923: