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Humber Mark IV: six-cylinder Rootes Group vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 6,555 kg, an unladen weight of 5,880 kg and a 2,620 mm wheelbase
Humber was part of the British Rootes Group and one of the important suppliers of military vehicles to the British Army during the Second World War. The "Mark IV" designation follows the versioning convention typical of British military vehicles, used for armoured cars, staff cars and trucks of the Rootes Group.
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The six-cylinder engine drives a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 6,555 kg and an unladen weight of 5,880 kg, giving a payload of around 675 kg. Length is 4,850 mm, width 2,150 mm, and wheelbase 2,620 mm, spread across four wheels. The short wheelbase combined with a comparatively high unladen weight points to a compact but heavily armoured or reinforced body.
At around 6.5 tonnes, the Mark IV sits in class N2 for trucks between 3.5 and 12 tonnes. Vehicles of this type from the war years were built for off-road use under military conditions rather than civilian road transport.
For a used example of such a historic military vehicle, the condition of the frame and any armour or reinforcement should be checked for corrosion, along with the function of four-wheel drive and any low-range gearing, if fitted. Spare parts for a vehicle of this age and origin can only be sourced through collectors and military vehicle specialists, and full paperwork tracing its wartime service history adds considerably to its value.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Humber Mark IV
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