[Dominus]

Il NLOS-C non è un tank ma un semovente d'artiglieria.

[Blue Sky]

Armored cars in Sweden 1926-45



Not only tanks were acquired in the 1920s. Three experimental armored cars were built in the mid 1920s by Tidaholm firm, they were designated Pansarbil m/26. They served with K3 cavalry regiment. They were built on Tidaholm truck chassis, and probably used iron plates instead of armor plates. A heavy armored car weighing some 8 tons were developed in 1929. It was known as L-170 or Pansarbil fm/29. It was ready in spring of 1932 and it had a 85hp engine providing a maximum speed of 60km/h, but the vehicle was too heavy and expensive so it was dropped. A more realistic project had to be developed in the early 1930s, as the need of armored cars grew more and more. The cavalry needed training vehicles for maneuvers and in June 1931 Bofors got an order of a Pansarbil m/31, built on a 2-ton Chevrolet truck. It was delivered in August the same year. It was accepted and a series of 30 vehicles built on Chevrolet and Volvo chassis were later ordered from Landsverk AB. They were delivered during 1933-34, and the total weight was 4.2 tons. Armament consisted of a 8mm m/14-29 MG to the right of the driver, and on the loading platform at the rear was installed either a 37mm marine gun m/98B behind an armor plate or double 8mm m/36 MGs which could be moved from side to side. They were organized in armored car troops in 4 cavalry regiments at K1, K2, K3 and K4. Pansarbil m/31 were the only armored car in service with the Swedish army up to 1940, and by then only 19 of them were operational. However in 1942, decisions are taken to rearm Pansarbil m/31 with a 20mm Bofors automatic cannon m/40B, with a coaxially mounted 8mm m/14-29 MG. Along with the order of 104 tanks in September 1939, it was also proposed to acquire 30 new armored cars. This were permitted, and Landsverk which already had developed a new modern armored car for export was chosen. This was the Lynx armored car, and delivery was fast. The Lynx were also sold to Denmark in small numbers. In August 1940, some 15 Lynx armored cars which had been ordered by Denmark were taken by the Swedish government. They were designated Pansarbil m/39 and was put in use by the Swedish army. Another 30 vehicles were then ordered from Volvo, and they were designated Pansarbil m/40. Pansarbil m/40 were issued to cavalry regiments in Stockholm, Helsingborg, Skövde and Umeå. After export of war material had been stopped, five Landsverk L-180 ordered by Ireland were taken by the Swedish governmet. The Swedish army then used them under the designation Pansarbil m/41. This was the famous Landsverk L-180, used by Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, The Netherlands, and also Germany who captured few vehicles from Denmark and The Netherlands. The Swedish version had a Lynx turret with a 20mm automatic cannon, instead of the more common turret with a 37mm Bofors gun. An unknown number of Lynx armored cars were sold to the Dominican Republic in 1960s.

[Blue Sky]

Armored cars in Sweden 1926-45 (2)

[gobbomaledetto]

Andrea29, su Oct 27 2008, 06:03 PM, ha detto:

la prima e l'ultima foto di sopra rappresenta uno dei primi carri tedeschi lo schneider

Andrea, l'ultima immagine è quella di un carro tedesco. La prima rappresenta sì un carro Schneider (per la precisione un "char d'assault", come lo definivano all'epoca), di produzione francese, però!

[Blue Sky]

Crossley Armored Car

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Armored cars in the War of Independence



Total vehicle numbers and nick names are listed below.

1 x Sheffield-Simplex armored car ("Imanta.")
1 x Austin M1915 armored car ("Zemgaleetis.")
1 x Izhorski-Fiat armored car ("Staburags.")
1 x Pierce-Arrow armored car ("Viesturs.")
1 x Pierce-Arrow armored car captured from Bermondtists? ("Titanic")
2 x Putilov-Garford M1916 armored cars ("Kurzemnieks") ("Lacplesis." - Destroyed by Germans in 1919).
2 x Krupp Geschutzwagen 14 ("Max" and "Moritz")
1 x Fiat-chassis armored car ("Sargs.")

[Blue Sky]

Marmon Herrington CTVL





Purchased in 1938, this was a 2 man light tank without a turret. This tank could probably obtain the title of "cutest tank in the world" if such a title existed.

[Blue Sky]

The French Schneider 1909



This armored truck was the first AFV built and employed by the Spanish Army. The first one was purchased in 1910, being sent two years later to the Moroccan war theater. A second one, slightly different (more prominent engine compartment in the front) arrived to Spain in 1911.
There are some documents but no photos about a third vehicle that arrived in 1921. If you have information on this vehicle, please email me.

[Blue Sky]

Venezuelan Armored Cars



A small number of armored recce vehicles were fabricated at the Puert Cabello Naval Arsenal. These were rather similar to a turtle in appearance and thus were dubbed "Tortuga" ( Turtle) The "Tortuga" was designed by an engineer called Tomás Pacanins,. The chassis was a Ford 6x4 commercial vehicle, a rotating turret, and armed according to with a Vickers Mk, 4b 7 mm machine gun (the ones shown on the photo above show a Hotchkiss Mod. 1931 13.2 mm according to Dr. Georg von Rauch). It is believed that 12 units were built but only five were displayed. In the event the vehicles were poorly designed, offered poor visibility and no ventilation. The extreme overhang on their bodies rendered them clumsy at hard to maneuver.

[Blue Sky]

Citroen-Kegresse P-28 Armored Car



Three Citroen-Kegresse P-28 armored vehicles entered service in Uruguay with the Metropolitan Guard in 1933-34, and has the honor of being the first armored vehicle in Uruguay. One has been preserved in Montevideo.

[Blue Sky]

Ford Armored Car

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The Wilton-Fijenoord



An experimental type. After satisfying trials two of these cars were shipped to the East Indies in 1934. Results there were less satisfactory, the vehicles being too heavy for the roads and the air-cooled engines suffering from overheating, forcing the use of airplane gas rather than the normal gasoline. The 2 cars thus were sold back to the firm and returned to the Netherlands.
In February 1935 two vehicles were sold to Brazil. The third remained at the firm until they managed to sell it to the Netherlands army in return of a tax-reduction. In May 1940 the Germans captured the third unit and stored it until re-activated in April 1945 for the defense of Berlin, still unarmed.

[Blue Sky]

Camion Protegido Car 1921



The Camion Protegido armored car (or truck) was a 4x2 vehicle. There were many variations on this design, some with turrets, some without. Built in 1921 by the Electrotechnical Corps belonging to the Engineers branch of the army. 31 of this vehicles were built by the Centro Electrotécnico de Ingenieros between 1921 and 1924 on the following chassis: 1 Federal, 8 Nash-Quad 40 hp, 2 Benz 40/50 hp and 20 Latil 35 hp.

[Blue Sky]

1923 Saint Chamond Wheel cum Track



7 units were purchased in September 16, 1923 so as to form a tank company. The Spanish soldiers quickly found out that they had been sold pure junk. They must have been purchased without any testing or someone received some "kick back" money because they were a failure from the start. After initial deployment, problems immediately arose with a total failure of one unit's drive system and it had to be returned for repair. After a few days 2 more failed just as the first. Soldiers quickly noted the lengthy time it took to switch from track to wheel. Other faults were thin armor, a weak engine, and a machine gun that could only be fired forward. The interior was prone to excessive heat and driver visablity was very poor. Further, the poor driver had to put up with hot, spent machine gun shell casings hitting his head as they were ejected! These vehicles were quickly retired. It is reported that 2 of these tanks are in a museum in Madrid but this has been disputed as there is no public display of them. Perhaps they are stored in private museums or "out of view" in a public museum.

[Blue Sky]

PzKpfw Steyr ADGZ Armored Car


Developed as a heavy armored car for the Austrian army from 1934 and delivered from 1935-37. A production series was considered. When Germany occupied Austria during "Anschluss" in 1938, they obtained 27 of these units from the Austrian army (12 ADGZ road-tanks were part of the Austrian army as of March 1938, all in the Fast Division, while 14 were part of the police and gernarmerie which makes 26 - where the extra one came from described before is simply a dispute between my sources). The PzKpfw Steyr ADGZ Armored Cars were assigned to Police detachments and SS units. In 1941, the SS ordered an additional 25 ADGZ. Delivered in 1942, they entered service in Russia and the Balkans. An interesting feature of this vehicle was that there was no "rear". Either end was capable of driving the unit.

Questo messaggio è stato modificato da Blue Sky: 31 ottobre 2008 - 13:30

[Blue Sky]

1921 Christie Amphibious Tank