The Guy Lizard Armoured Command Vehicle was a British command vehicle built during

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. In May and June 1940, the Headquarters 1st Armoured Division with the British Expeditionary Force in

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were mounted in mild steel prototype and wooden mock-up armoured command vehicles, but later in the year the first armoured steel armoured command vehicles were produced by Guy Motors on their Lizard 4x4 chassis. Twenty-one units were produced, and by early 1941 some were issued to the Headquarters, 7th Armoured Division in the

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as well as some formations within the United Kingdom. Guy was unable to continue production so a new design was prepared based on the

AEC Matador The AEC Matador was a heavy 4×4 truck and medium artillery tractor built by the Associated Equipment Company for British and Commonwealth forces during World War II. AEC had already built a 4×2 lorry, also known as the Matador (all AEC lorries ...

, which became the AEC armoured command vehicle.

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World War II armoured cars World War II armoured fighting vehicles of the United Kingdom Command vehicles Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944 {{mil-vehicle-stub