Ireland, Ulster Volunteer Force about 1914. Perhaps one of the first technicals ever made.
Posted by Backsight-Foreskin@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 5 comments

TacTurtle@reddit
Decades late.
F R Simms made armed and armored cars in 1899 and 1902.
Backsight-Foreskin@reddit (OP)
If they were purpose built then they aren't technicals. Also, I said "one of the first" not the very first.
Needmoretp@reddit
In the same year there was also the "death special" used to shoot down civilians in the Ludlow Massacre in Colorado.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludlow_Massacre?wprov=sfla1
Green-Collection-968@reddit
I bare historical revelations.
Backsight-Foreskin@reddit (OP)
That doesn't seem to predate the one I posted. Also, couldn't move under it's own power.