Morris-Commercial C8 FAT

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thatguy96 said:
You have to wonder if the "armored" comment concerning the Quad came about because of its all metal, hard top body, in start contrast to other trucks of the time, and even the soft rear General Service variant.

That is a good point. In "Moving the Guns", David Fletcher talks about "...an all-metal body which provided protection for the crew of six" when referring to the Guy Quad FAT. The prototype had a wooden body with canvas covers.

About the Morris FAT, he says: "...the pattern finally approved was all-steel with crew accomodation for six-men".

He does not mention anything about them being armoured, but considering how other military trucks of the day were either fully or partly open vehicles or had body parts made of wood, one can imagine how the idea of an "all-steel body" "protecting the crew" form the weather could transmorph into the notion that the vehicle was "armoured".

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