South african reconnaissance vehicle, better known as marmon-herrington armoured car, was a series of armoured cars produced in south africa and used by the british army during world war ii. Developed in 1938, the vehicle based on a ford 3-ton truck chassis bought from ford canada and fitted with a four-wheel drive train produced by the american company marmon-herrington, uk-made armament and armoured hull produced by the south african. The first version, the south african reconnaissance vehicle mk i was a long wheelbase four wheeled chassis with drive to only rear axle. The mk ii had a four wheel drive. It was known in british service as armoured car, marmon-herrington mk ii. The mark iii had more compact body, shorter wheelbase and different turret. In march 1943 a completely redesigned mk iv/mk ivf entered production. In total, 5,746 marmon-herrington armoured cars were built