THE HILLMAN GNAT A Forgotten Experiment
Not all vehicle designs submitted for consideration during the Second World War made it to the point of series production. Some never got past the concept stage and left the drawing board. A few did make it to prototype stage, only to be cancelled later in the trials and evaluation stage, leaving military vehicle enthusiasts to ask the question ‘What would it have been like’?
One British design for a wheeled vehicle that suffered this fate was the Hillman Gnat light armoured car, which had been submitted for consideration in 1940. It was to be operated by two men and was intended to replace motorcycle and sidecar combinations serving in
