During The Emergency (WW2 to most of the world), Ireland realised it needed to suddenly expand its armed forces, and it turned to local industry to meet the needs. Originally intended merely for airfield defense, the first series of conversions from civilian truck chassis proved to be surprisingly capable, and orders went out for additional armored cars to be converted. The MkVI was the last of these, with a surprisingly long service life. Karl Martin's video. https://youtu.be/3KdCjldGAhY Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheChieftainArmor Twitter...erm.. X: https://twitter.com/Chieftain_armor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chieftain_moran/ And TikTok (Not that there's much on it yet) https://www.tiktok.com/@the_chieftains_hatch Financial donations: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Chieftain Direct Paypal: https://paypal.me/thechieftainshat Merchandise ) https://the-chieftains-retail-hatch.creator-spring.com/