The Standard Car 4×2, or Car Armoured Light Standard, better known as the Beaverette, was a British improvised armoured car produced during the Second World War.
Beaverettes were manufactured as a ‘stop gap’ measure when invasion threatened in 1940, using the chassis of civilian saloon cars. These armoured cars were only ever issued to the Home Guard and RAF airfield defence units.
With the Mark IV Mk IV, the glacis armour was redesigned to improve visibility.
The Tank Museum acquired a Standard Beaverette Mk IV in 2018. It underwent restoration before going on show.
The Standard Beaverette Mk III at the Imperial War Museum at Duxford.
I have an old SDD 15mm model of the Standard Beaverette Mk I.