Non-Canadian Ferrets

Front view of Ferret AScout Car monument. British Army Ferret MK. II missing its turret. Note the MG stopping rail at rear. Ex-BATUS at Suffield. Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta
British Army Ferret MK. II missing its turret. Note the MG stopping rail at rear. Ex-BATUS at Suffield. Military Museums, Calgary, Alberta Partial registration number 10 – – 10

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Tank Chats #113 | Ferret Scout Car | The Tank Museum”

I have not provided a direct link as it is not secure. Video narrated by David Fletcher, MBC at the Tank Museum in the UK. Video made 11 DEC 2020

Non-Canadian Army Ferrets

Cutaway Ferret Scout Car at IWM, Duxford
Cutaway Ferret Scout Car at IWM, Duxford

The Imperial War Museum’s Ferrets at Duxford as photographed by Colin Stevens, November 2006

Cut-away Ferret 01 DC 52 at the entrance to the building with the military vehicles at Duxford, England.

 

FERRET MK. 2  FV 701E AT DUXFORD, ENGLAND

It is painted white as per United Nations service but no army number is visible.

Ferret Mk. 2 in UN white paint IWM Duxford
Ferret Mk. 2 in UN white paint IWM Duxford

BIG WHEEL FERRET MARK IV (Mark 4)  AT DUXFORD, ENGLAND

Big Wheel Ferret Mark 4 at IWM Duxford
Big Wheel Ferret Mark 4 at IWM Duxford

“British Ferret Scout Car Mark 4 – The Ferret Mark 4 is essentially a basic Mark 2 vehicle fitted with larger wheels and a flotation array. Deployed in Germany its ability to ‘swim’ rivers greatly enhanced the Ferret’s already impressive cross country ability” (IWM Duxford label)

 

British Army Ferret Mk. 2 Registration Number

Ferret Mk 2 34 BA 28 Gurkha CAJ Jan 1959 Vol XIII No 1 p27
Ferret Mk 2 34 BA 28 Gurkha CAJ Jan 1959 Vol XIII No 1 p27

The Sergeant was identified as being in the 1st King’s Dragoon Guards, although the vehicle markings are for a Gurkha unit (crossed Kuris on Port front fender). Published in the Canadian Army Journal, January 1959 Vol XIII No 1 p.27

 
British Army Record Cards on Ferret etc. are held by the Library at the museum at Bovington in England and owners of vehicles (and others) can order copies of these record cards if they know the British Army’s registration number. 
 
 

Ferret Scout Car

OTHER ARMOURED VEHICLES