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WW1 Armored Cars

Panzerwagen Ehrhardt E-V/4 (Germany)

Russian WWI armoured car Fiat

Armored car Fiat (Russia)

**WW1 armoured cars specifications**
only vehicles saw combat in 1914-1920 included
country		year	produced	chassis (designer)	armament [ammoload]	turrets	Armour mm	speed kmph	crew	weight	engine	wheels
	Russia	1914	9	Russo-Balt S	3 x 7,62mm [9000]	none	3..5	20	5	4 t	40 hp	4x2
	Russia	1914	8	Mannesmann or Packard	auto 37mm [1200] + 7,62mm [8000]	shield		50		5 t	32..42 hp	4
	Russia	1915	30	Garford 1 series	76mm [44] + 3 x 7,62mm [5000]	1	6,5	17	8..9	8,6 t	30 hp	4x2
	Russia	1916	18	Garford 2 series [naval]	76mm [60] + 3 x 7,62mm [9000]	1	7..13	12	8..9	11 t	35? hp	4x2
	Russia	1915	10	Russo-Balt T	1 x 76mm flak	open		20	5	4,3 t	65 h p	4x2
	Russia	1915	10	Russo-Balt D	auto 37mm + 3 x 7,62mm	0..1 ^*N	4..5	25..35	6			4x2
	Russia	1916	16	^*D(Mbgerov)	2 x 7,62mm ^*C	1..2	3,5..7	40..55	3		75? hp	4
	Russia	1916	10	Filatov	2 x 7,62mm ^*C	none	4..6		4	1,8 t	16..25 hp	3
	Russia	1916	20	Filatov	1 x 7,62mm	none			3	1,4 t	16..25 hp	3
	Russia	1916	31	Geffery (Poplavko)	2 x 7,62mm	none	7	35	4		32 hp	4x4
	Russia	1917	47	Fiat	2 x 7,62mm	2	5..8	60	4..5	5,3 t	60 hp	4x2
Russia		1914.. 1919	20+	other types of different desing and armament; inc. halftrack and railroad
	Britain	1914	48^*R	Austin 1 series	2 x 7,62mm [~6000]	2	3,5..4 ^*A	50..60	4	3 t	30 hp	4x2
		1915	60^*R	Austin 2 series			..8		4 *I		50 hp
		1916	66^*R	Austin 3 series					5	5,3 t
		1917	~20	Austin 4 series					5
	Russia	1918	33	[Russian] Austin	2 x 7,62mm [5000]		5,5..8		5	5,2 t
	Russia	1919	12	Austin (Kegresse)	2 x 7,62mm [5000]		5,5..8	25	5	5,8 t		half track
	Britain	1914	18 (2^*R)	Rolls-Royce	1 MG^*C	1	8	80..96	2..3	3,5 t	40..50 hp	4x2
	Britain	1915	36 (32^*R)	Lanchester	1 MG ^*G	1	..8	60	3..4	4,8 t	38 hp	4x2
	Britain		11^*R	Ford T	1 MG	shield	0..5..9					4x2
	Britain	1915	64 (16^*R)	Peerless	auto 40mm flak + 7,62mm	1	5..7,5	45	5	4,8 t	32 hp	4
	Britain		4^*R	Pierce-Arrow	57mm	1	..9		4	9 t		4x2
	ЃаЁв Ёп	1914	16	Pierce-Arrow	auto 40mm flak	open						4x2
	Britain	1916	10^*R	Armstrong-Withworth-Garrott	2 MGs	2	7	60	5	4 t	38 hp	4x2
	Britain	1916	30^*R	Armstrong-Withworth-Fiat	2 MGs	2	7		5	5 t	60 hp	4x2
	Britain	1916	36^*R	Army-Motor-Lorries	2 MGs	2	very poor vehicles, not used					4x2
	Britain	1916	25^*R	Sheffield-Simplex	2 MGs	2	very poor vehicles, not used					4x2
	France	1915	~300	White	2 MGs or 37mm + 8mm	1		45	4	6 t	35 hp	4x2
	France	1915	~120 (30^*R)	Renault	8mm [6000] or 37mm [300]	shield	0..4	45	4..5		18 hp	4
	France	1915	~150	Peugeot	8mm [6000] or 37mm [300]	shield	3..5	40	4..5	3,6..4 t	24 hp	4
	Belgium	1914	30+ (4^*R)	Minerva	8mm	shield *S	4	40	3..6	4 t	35 hp	4
	Italy	1915	10	Lancia-Ansaldo IZ	3 x 8mm [15000]	2	6..9	60	6	4,2 t	25..40 hp	4x2
	Italy	1917	110	Lancia-Ansaldo IZM	3 x 8mm	1	6..9	60	6	3,9 t	25..40 hp	4x2
	Canada	1915	20	Autocar	3 x 7,62mm	open	0..10	40	8	3 t		4
	Germany	1917	33	Ehrhardt E-V/4	6 x 7,7mm	1	..7	60	8..9	7,12..8,86 t	85 hp	4x4
	Poland	1920	16	Ford T	7,92mm [1250]	1	0..8	50	2	1,35 t	22,5 hp	4x2
country		year	produced	name	armament [ammoload]	turrets	Armour mm	speed kmph	crew	weight	engine	wheels

Notes
*D Different chassis
*N The crafts with the turret had no 37mm guns
*R A number of vehicles sent to Russia
*A Uparmored to 7mm in Russia
*G Upgunned by 37mm cannon in Russia
*I Crew increased to 5 men in Russia (2nd driver's post added)
*C One vehicle was armed with a cannon
*S Two vehicles "Sava" were equipped with the full-armoured cupola; the vehicles sent to Russia had "Mors" chassis
Also Germany built and used in combat 3 vehicles Bussing A5P.

In 1914, the 1st Russian armored squadron acted at German front with big success.

Auto-mitrailleuse russo ww1 WWI foto photo

The full-drived armored car Jeffery (Russia)

In 1914, the 1st Russian armored squadron acted at German front with big success

Russian armored car Russo-Balt S

Mbgerov armored car (Russia)

British built Austin armored cars Russian built Austin armored cars

Garford armored cars

French armored cars Italian armored cars

Selfpropelled flaks

Foreign armored units in Russia

The German armoured car Ehrhardt E-V/4, captured by the Russians and upgunned by 37mm gun.
Deutscher Ehrhardt EV.4 Strasenpanzerwagen foto.

Filatov armoured cars (Russia): the armament placed at the rear of the hull

The tree-wheeled Filatov armored cars (Russia): the armament placed at the rear of the hull.

Lanchester: one MG in the big turret

Lanchester got the additional 37-mm gun in Russia. An improvement that served the vehicles well.
Auto-mitrailleuse russo.

Packard (Russia) had shielded 37mm automatic cannon.
Pantserwagen Packard photo.

Ford (Poland): the MG in the turred, but the bottom was not armoured.
Polski samochod pancerny Ford.

Vehicule blinde leger Minerva.
Automitrailleuse Minerva (Belgium): the open roof with the shielded MG.

Belgian armored car Minerva of WW1.

Autometralhadora Avtocar Avtokar Autokar

Autocar (Canada): The 1st MG mounted in nose, and 2 other MGs mounted openly.
Autometralhadora Avtokar ww1 foto.

Destroyed armoured car Autocar in France, WWI photo.

the full-drived Ehrhardt EV4 AFV had 2 MGs in the turret and four MGs at the hull

the full-drived Ehrhardt E-V/4 (Germany) had 2 MGs in the turret and four MGs at the hull.
Ehrhardt EV4 Strasenpanzerwagen

Armstrong-Withworth - the typical British twin-turreted craft made by the Russian order.
Pansarbil Armstrong-Withworth.

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