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There were ... about 100 of these armoured cars. They rotated to the NWFP for about 6 months each in turn.<ref name=NBal/>.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TW7GwQZlcU Video: Tank Chats #10 Crossley Chevrolet Armoured Car] The Tank Museum on YouTube.
*[http://www.crossley-motors.org.uk/history/military.html Crossley Military Vehicles after WW1] crossley-motors.org.uk
*[http://www.tankmuseum.org/ixbin/indexplus?_IXSS_=_IXMENU_%3d%26ALL%3dArmoured%2bCar%26_IXACTION_%3dsummary%26%252asform%3d%252fsearch_form%252fbovtm_combined%26_IXSESSION_%3dWGB7BwBMAYT%26TYPE%3darticle%26_IXFPFX_%3dtemplates%252fsummary%252f&_IXFIRST_=13&_IXSPFX_=templates/full/tvod/t&_IXMAXHITS_=1&submit-button=summary&_IXSESSION_=WGB7BwBMAYT&_IXMENU_=Vehicles Armoured Car, Crossley and (Crossley) Chevrolet (Indian Pattern)] Tank Museum. The body design for the Crossley included a dome-shaped turret, with four machine-gun mounts, which was designed to deflect rifle shots from snipers in ambush positions in the high passes.
**[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090632 Scenes with a marching column on the North West Frontier of India: Crossley (India pattern) armoured car and crew parked-up during the march].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/67307569@N00/3636455110/ Photograph: Crossley-Chevrolet Armoured Car] flickr.com
*The photograph at the top of this page hows shows Crossley Armoured Car 'Cachy'
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