{"id":103643,"date":"2026-11-04T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=103643"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:58:44","slug":"the-dorchester-armoured-command-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/the-dorchester-armoured-command-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dorchester Armoured Command Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t_xNfTWcD_k?si=UpJYWjyDaVtsBvSL\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>David Willey<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Jul 2026<\/p>\n<p><em>AI-generated video summary<\/em>: David Willey explores the history of these vital World War II command posts, known as Dorchesters. Originally built on reliable Matador truck chassis, these armored vehicles provided mobile offices for high-ranking officers. Discover how their rugged design and unique role in North African campaigns made them highly coveted assets throughout the conflict.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Patreon:   \/ davidwilley<br \/>\nYouTube:    \/ @david-willey<br \/>\nX: https:\/\/x.com\/DavidAndFin<br \/>\nTikTok:   \/ davidandfin<br \/>\nBuy Me A Coffee: http:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/davidandfin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Willey Published 15 Jul 2026 AI-generated video summary: David Willey explores the history of these vital World War II command posts, known as Dorchesters. Originally built on reliable Matador truck chassis, these armored vehicles provided mobile offices for high-ranking officers. Discover how their rugged design and unique role in North African campaigns made them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[362,4,7,5,230],"tags":[572,1066,1222,1274],"class_list":["post-103643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-britain","category-history","category-military","category-ww2","tag-leadership","tag-logistics","tag-northafrica","tag-rommel"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-qXF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105700,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103643\/revisions\/105700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}