The first Dodge Armoured Car was built in 1942, the other 4 were complete by 1943 and remained in service until 1962.
The Dodge Armoured Cars were built on a Dodge TF-37 shortened truck chassis. All 5 trucks were withdrawn from the army's Supply and Transport Corps. Two of the armoured cars were each armed with a Madsen 20mm Cannon that were formerly used on Irish Marine Service MTBs and a Madsen .303 Machine Gun. The other 3 armoured cars were armed with a Vickers .50 Machine Gun and Vickers .303 Machine Gun each. The Madsen armed Dodges were the called the Mark VII and the Vickers armed Dodges the Mark VIII. The Dodges were used alongside the Landsverk L180 and Irish built Leylands armoured cars in the 1st Armoured Squadron until they were all disposed of in 1962.
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