The Daimler Dingo Scout Car was a 1939 second world war manufactured small two-man armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) that was relatively low and wide enough to have the required stability for fast off-road rides. Its initial armour plating was thirty millimetres on the front, nose and glacis but only twelve millimetres on the sides. It was revolutionary at the time using the idea of slope armour to deflect bullet strikes. Deflecting armoured sloped panels were welded all around the central framework of the Dingo Scout Car whose front driving compartment boasted four openings hatches. The power horse engine was the regular Daimler six-cylinder two point five litres, fifty-five horsepower (41 kW), fed by a 300 litre (79.25 gal) gasoline reserve (two tanks), which gave an incredibly long range for its small size. The transmission consisted of a pre-selector gearbox, fluid flywheel with five gears forward and five gears reverse, allowing steering with all four wheels. This feature gave the Dingo a very tight turning radius, only seven meters or about twenty-three feet. However her downside was that the system was tricky to master for inexperienced drivers.