Six-wheel armored vehicle

An armoured vehicle comprising:

• A. A hollow hull including lateral side walls, a generally horizontal top wall and a beveled front end defined in part by an upper sloping wall blending at its upper rearward edge with the forward edge of said top wall;
• B. A water-cooled engine positioned in and at one side of said hull with its forward end projecting into said front end of said hull beneath said upper sloping wall;
• C. A driver's compartment defined in said hull along-side said engine;
• D. Air inlet and air exhaust openings defined side by side in said horizontal top wall rearwardly of the blend joint between said upper sloping wall and said top wall and rearwardly of said engine, said exhaust opening being positioned adjacent said one side of said hull and outboard of said inlet opening;
• E. A radiator positioned in said hull beneath said inlet opening;
• F. A reversing chamber defined in said front end of said hull forwardly of said engine and beneath said upper sloping wall;
• G. A longitudinally extending conduit formed in part by the lateral side wall forming said one side of said hull and communicating at its forward end with said air reversing chamber and extending rearwardly therefrom for communication at its rearward end with said exhaust opening;
• H. A fan positioned at the forward end of said engine and arranged to draw air through said inlet opening and pull it downwardly through said radiator and then forwardly over said engine for passage into said reversing chamber and subsequent rearward passage through said air conduit for ultimate discharge through said exhaust opening;
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• I. Exhaust deflector means positioned in said exhaust opening and operative to deflect exhaust air to said one side of said hull and thereby away from said inlet opening.