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Peerless armoured AA lorry [110] Pierce-Arrow armoured AA lorry [111] - 40mm QF 2-pounder gun on lorry chassis. QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun on Thornycroft J lorry [112] United States. Holt 55-1 3-inch AA gun † [113] - delivered in 1917. Holt Mark I (8-inch howitzer) † [113] - 3 built and tested in 1918.
Garford-Putilov armoured cars were an armoured fighting vehicle produced in Russia during the First World War era. They were built on the chassis of Garford Motor Truck Co. lorries imported from the United States. Although considered to be a rugged and reliable machine by its users, the Garford-Putilov was severely underpowered.
The Jeffery Armored Car No.1 was developed by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915 with a hull from the Rock Island Arsenal. The armored car No.1 was used in General John Pershing ’s 1916 Pancho Villa Expedition in Columbus, New Mexico for training. Pancho Villa was far into Mexico at that time and there are no records ...
Tanks in World War I. The development of tanks in World War I was a response to the stalemate that developed on the Western Front. Although vehicles that incorporated the basic principles of the tank (armour, firepower, and all-terrain mobility) had been projected in the decade or so before the War, it was the alarmingly heavy casualties of the ...
[3] [2] The later models are sometimes known as the Type II or B, and featured slightly different dimensions and design due to the use of different truck bodies being used. [2] The P.A.1 featured riveted armor, 7mm thick at the front, and 5mm thick on both sides. Overall weight was at least 4 tons. It was powered by a 40 HP, 12L Fiat engine.
t. e. A military armored (also spelled armoured) car is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle, historically employed for reconnaissance, internal security, armed escort, and other subordinate battlefield tasks. [ 1 ] With the gradual decline of mounted cavalry, armored cars were developed for carrying out duties formerly assigned to light cavalry ...
Category. : World War I vehicles. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vehicles of World War I. This category is for ground vehicles of the various militaries involved in World War I.
Pages in category "Armoured fighting vehicles of World War I" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...