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The Panhard 178[ 2 ] (officially designated as Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935, [ 2 ] 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan" was an advanced [ 2 ] French reconnaissance 4x4 armoured car that was designed for the French Army Cavalry units before World War II.
Maximum speed. 100 km/h (62 mph) [6] The Cadillac Gage Commando, frequently denoted as the M706 in U.S. military service, [7] is an American armored car designed to be amphibious. [6] It was engineered by Cadillac Gage specifically for the United States Military Police Corps during the Vietnam War as an armed convoy escort vehicle. [7]
Special paint schemes are one-time or limited time variations on a race car's typical appearance. Their use has historically been largely confined to NASCAR stock car racing, partially due to the much larger surface area of a stock car, and longer season, but have entered the IndyCar in a limited fashion. NASCAR 's increased media coverage has ...
History. The FV603 Saracen was the armoured personnel carrier of Alvis's FV600 series. Besides the driver and commander, a squad of eight soldiers plus a troop commander could be carried. Most models carried a small turret on the roof, carrying a Browning .30 machine gun. A .303 Bren gun could be mounted on an anti-aircraft ring mount accessed ...
100 km/h (62 mph) [ 6 ] The Panhard AML (Auto Mitrailleuse Légère, or "Light Machine Gun Car") [ 3 ] is an armoured car with reconnaissance capability. [ 8 ] Designed by Panhard on a lightly armoured 4×4 chassis, it weighs an estimated 5.5 tonnes, and is thus suitable for airborne deployment. [ 9 ] Since 1959, AMLs have been marketed on up ...
Improvised vehicle armour. Improvised vehicle armour is a form of vehicle armour consisting of protective materials added to a vehicle such as a car, truck, or tank in an irregular and extemporized fashion using available materials. Typically, improvised armour is added in the field and it was not originally part of the design, an official up ...
The Daimler Armoured Car was a successful British armoured car design of the Second World War that continued in service into the 1950s. It was designed for armed reconnaissance and liaison purposes. During the postwar era, it doubled as an internal security vehicle in a number of countries. Former British Daimler armoured cars were exported to ...
The Talbot armoured car was a British armoured car built on the chassis of a Clément-Talbot tourer.Built in small numbers to several patterns, the Talbot armoured cars saw service with the Royal Naval Air Service (R.N.A.S.) in the early years of the First World War, serving alongside Rolls-Royce and Delaunay-Belleville armoured cars.