Originally Posted by
MPN11
What's that odd-looking vehicle in Photo #1, please. Local modification, along the lines of a large Humber Pig?
The armoured truck is based on a Bedford RL - built by REME workshops in Singapore from 1951. This source suggests that the armour was provided by RN Dockyard Singapore having been recovered from a Japanese heavy cruiser in 1946. A typical UK Heath Robinson contraption of the time period !
WarWheels.Net- Bedford RL "Pig" APC Index