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{{Short description|British armoured car used in the Second World War}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox weapon
|          name=Morris CS9/LAC
| image= IWM-O-594-crop-Morris-CS9-Villiers-St-Simon-19390929.jpg
| image_size = 300
|      caption=Morris CS9 of 12th Royal Lancers at Villiers St Simon, 29 September 1939.
|is_vehicle=yes
|is_UK=yes
|manufacturer=Morris
|       length=15 ft 6 in (4.77 m)
|        width=6 ft 9 in (2.05 m)
|       height=7 ft (2.13 m)
|       weight=4.5 t
|   suspension=Wheeled: 4 x 2
|   speed=45 mph (73 km/h)
|        vehicle_range=240 miles (385 km)
|      primary_armament=[[Boys anti-tank rifle|0.55 inch Boys anti-tank rifle]]
|    secondary_armament=0.303 (7.7 mm) [[Bren light machine gun]]
|       armour=7 mm
|       engine=Morris 6-cylinder [[gasoline engine|petrol]]
| engine_power=96 hp (72 kW)
|     pw_ratio=21.3 hp/tonne (16 kW/tonne)
|         crew=4 (commander, gunner, driver, radio operator)
}}

The '''Morris CS9/Light Armoured Car''' was a British [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]] used by the [[British Army]] in the [[World War II|Second World War]].

==History==
The vehicle was based on a [[Morris Motors|Morris Commercial]] C9 4x2 {{cvt|15|long cwt|kg|adj=on}} truck chassis. On this chassis, a riveted hull was mounted with an open-topped two-man turret. The armament consisted of either [[Boys anti-tank rifle]] and [[Bren light machine gun]] or [[Vickers machine gun]]. The vehicle carried a [[Wireless Set No. 19|No. 19 radio set]].

The prototype was tested in 1936. A further 99 cars were ordered and were delivered in 1938. Thirty-eight of these cars were used by the [[12th Royal Lancers]] in the [[Battle of France]], where all of them were destroyed or abandoned. Another 30 served with the [[11th Hussars]] in the [[North African Campaign]]. It was found that, when fitted with desert [[Tire|tyres]], the vehicle had good performance on soft sand. However, its armour and armament were insufficient. The vehicle was retired halfway through the North African Campaign.

[[File:Officers of the 11th Hussars in a Morris CS9 armoured car use a parasol to give shade while out patrolling on the Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940. E380.jpg|thumb|Officers of the 11th Hussars in a Morris CS9 armoured car use a parasol to give shade while out patrolling on the Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940.]]

==References==
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*[[Forty, George]] - ''World War Two Armoured Fighting Vehicles and Self-Propelled Artillery'', Osprey Publishing 1996 {{ISBN|1-85532-582-9}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100226144848/http://www.wwiivehicles.com/unitedkingdom/scout-car/morris.asp wwiivehicles.com: Morris CS9 scout car]
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