1920 Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Sliabh Na MBan 2

1920 Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Sliabh Na MBan 2, a photo by relex109.com on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
ARR2 is the third of one hundred 1920 Pattern or Whippet Rolls Royce armoured cars ordered by the British Army and fitted with Royal Ordnance Factory armoured bodies. Delivered in November 1920 it was originally destined for service in Mesopotamia but was diverted to Ireland and saw service during the (1919 – 1920) War of Independence / Anglo-Irish War. In the early months of 1922 the Provisional Government acquired 13 of these vehicles from the departing British forces and were allocated unofficial names. Sliabh na mBan was called Slievenamon and first saw action at the outbreak of the Civil War ( 1922 – 1923) when it took part in operations to clear Republicans from buildings in O’Connell Street, Dublin. When fleet numbering was introduced, it was designated ARR2.

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