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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]
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]
Panhard et Levassor sold their first automobile in 1890, based on a Daimler engine license. Levassor obtained his licence from Paris lawyer Edouard Sarazin, a friend and representative of Gottlieb Daimler's interests in France. Following Sarazin's 1887 death, Daimler commissioned Sarazin's widow Louise to carry on
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Panhard 178 [31] Panhard AML; Panhard EBR; Panhard ERC; Panhard M3; Panhard VCR; Panhard VTT; Renault FT light tank (3694+; World War I) [29] Renault R35 – Two-man infantry support tank. Approximately 2000 built. Renault Type ZM. [34] Renault R40 – Improved version of R35. [33] Saint-Chamond heavy tank (400; World War I) [31]
The Panhard AM 40 P was also planned to replace the Panhard 178. [1] [5] However, due to the Fall of France, no vehicle was built except the prototype. The prototype was shipped to Morocco and its fate remains unknown. [2] [3] After the end of World War II, elements of the Panhard AM 40 P would be used in the design of the Panhard EBR.
The French Foreign Legion also utilized the M8 during the Algerian War, where it was superseded first by the Panhard EBR and subsequently by the Panhard AML in counter-insurgency operations. [14] The EBR was accepted as a generic replacement for all remaining M8s by the French military in 1956. [15]