In the beginning of May 1945 the Second World War was in it's final phase. Hitler had committed suicide and British troops were approaching the Danish border.

However, it was still not clear whether the German troops in Denmark would surrender peacefully or make a last stand.

The Danish underground army of nearly 50,000 men had been trained in the events of any fighting taking place and one of the resistance groups in Frederiksvaerk wanted to be prepared for the worst.

Therefore they decided to make their own armoured car and got hold of a scrapped 2 ton Ford truck. In a repair shop the group worked for several months to finish the car. It was covered with steel plates, which were obtained from a steel mill, and a large steel drum was used as a "gun turret".

When the news of the capitulation came on the evening of May 4th, the group was still working to finish the car, but in the morning it was finally ready for action. Fortunately the German army surrendered without a fight. But several Danish collaborators refused to give up, and a number of places, fighting developed between the Resistance and the traitors. In Frederiksvaerk the car came into action against a group of 19 persons, that had been hiding in a house in a plantation.

After a short fire fight the house was stormed and the group arrested. This was the only action the car was involved in except for some reconaisance missions. Later it went on to Copenhagen for demonstration purposes.

Today the car is located outside the Frihedsmuseet in Copenhagen, as a reminder of the inginuity of the resistance.