Thornycroft Might Antar |
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The Mighty Antar 6x4 prime-mover is perhaps the most famous Thornycroft truck. It was used as a British Army tank transporter, and the Dinky model of it in this role was one of the most admired by small boys of the 1950s and 1960s, and even today. The civilian Antar was developed in the late 1940s.
The British Army adopted the Antar as a tank transporter in 1952
to replace the World War II vintage
Three Mighty Antars came to Australia to move heavy generating components for the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Authority (SMHEA) during the construction of the hydro-electric scheme. It was thought that all three were scrapped since then. The later Mk3 Antar has a more rounded cab and is fitted with a Rolls-Royce supercharged diesel engine giving 333bhp at 2100rpm. |
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