The Standard Beaverette

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The British designed a small armoured vehicle (built by the Standard Motor Company) used by the British Home Guard in WW2 commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook  (hence the name) of the Ministry of Aircraft Production (dissolved in 1946) which was meant to be a small tank but ended up with a top speed of more than 30 kmph less than a German Panzer IV (which had a top speed of around or more than 40 kmph)

And it was armed with two machine guns- the Vickers and the Bren gun.

It wasn't really much faster than a tank but consider it an early armoured civilian vehicle, as critics claim. 




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