- For the Steel Division: Normandy 44 unit see SD:Morris LRC
Morris LRC is a Poland Recon unit in Steel Division II.
Background[ | ]
A stop-gap design created in 1940 by Morris Motors Ltd., the Light Reconnaissance Car or LRC was intended to provide cavalry and infantry units with an armored car for intelligence gathering and reconnaissance. It was developed in a hurry after Great Britain lost virtually its entire inventory of vehicles on the beaches in Dunkirk: A Morris light truck was modified by adding a thin armored body, with thickness ranging from 8 to 14 mm, a single row of seats for two gunners and a driver in the center, and dual turrets mounting a Bren gun and a Boys AT rifle.
The Morris EK engine was initially set up for rear-drive, but from the Mark II onwards, the Morris had proper four-wheel drive. Over 2200 LRCs were produced, despite issues with off-road performance and reliability. By 1944, many of these were relegated to rear echelon duties or passed on to foreign units fighting under the Commonwealth command.
Unlike their British Counterparts who were abtle to call on Armored Car Regiment, 1. Pancerna (SD2) had to depend on outside assets, 10th Mounted Rife Regiment, Regimental and battalion reconnaissance assets and the Morris LRC serving in the 11nd and 12nd Engineer Field companies.