Motor War Car
- Date
- 1899-1902 · confidence medium
- Place
- Barrow-in-Furness, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Frederick Richard Simms
- Field
- Conflict
What it is
The first armoured car ever built, designed by Frederick Simms and built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim on a Daimler chassis; ordered by the British Army in 1899 but not delivered until 1902 due to technical problems.
What it led to
- Development of modern military armoured vehicles
- Military use of internal-combustion vehicles
- Conceptual precursor to World War I tanks