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The EBR is an 8x8 wheeled reconnaissance vehicle based on the previous Panhard AM 40 P/Model 201, a light armored car born before the Second World War, but remained only at prototype level. After the war the new contest for a postwar armored car saw the Panhard proposal as winner against two other French firms.
In the early 1960s, the decision was taken to rebore the SA 49 to the internal dimensions of the D 921A 90 mm low-pressure rifled gun (CN 90 F1) of the AML-90, allowing the retroffited EBR to also use the powerful OCC 90 EMP Mle 61 fin-stabilized HEAT shell fired at a muzzle velocity of 750 m/s (2,500 ft/s). [2]
The 75 SA 50 (French: 75 mm Semi-Automatique Modèle 1950; English: 75 mm Semi-Automatic 1950 Model) also called 75 Mle 50 or CN 75-50 is a French 75 mm high-velocity rifled gun. Although originally designed for the AMX-13 light tank, the SA 50 has also been used on the EBR wheeled reconnaissance vehicle and foreign medium tanks such as the ...
Panhard et Levassor (1887–1895). This model was the first registered automobile in Portugal Panhard et Levassor's Daimler Motor Carriage, 1894 12 h.p. Panhard, ca. 1902 1933 Panhard et Levassor X74 1937 Panhard et Levassor Dynamic 1955 DB Panhard HBR 1960 Panhard DB Le Mans 1964 Panhard 24CT
This led to the 8x8 Panhard EBR (Type 212) which entered service in 1950. [14] Similarly, in 1956 the French Ministry of Defense was persuaded to commission a replacement for the Daimler Ferret scout car. [3] Also manufactured by Panhard, the successor was the AML (Type 245) which entered service in 1961. [15]
Pages in category "Panhard military vehicles" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Panhard EBR; Panhard ERC; M. Panhard M3; P. Panhard AM ...
The Panhard ERC (Engin à Roues, Canon; "Wheeled vehicle, cannon") is a French six-wheeled armoured car which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof. Two versions of the ERC entered production in large numbers: the ERC-90 Lynx and the ERC-90 Sagaie. The main difference between the two versions is the type of turret ...
The division was created in 1955 as the 7 e Division Mecanique Rapide (7th Fast Mechanised Division), commanded by General François Huet and based in Constance (Germany). It was an experimental formation of the French Army and served to test of new structures and tactics for the expected nuclear battlefield and also new weapons, being the first large unit equipped with the new, light-weight ...