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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.
French AMD Panhard 178 – Pz.Sph. 204(f) French AMD Panhard 178 – Pz.Sph. 204(f) mit KwK 38 L/42; French Unic P107 – Leichter Zugkraftwagen U304(f) French Unic P107 – Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen U304(f) French Somua MCG/MCL – Le.Zgkw. S307(f) French Somua MCG/MCL – Mittlerer gepanzerter Zugkraftwagen S307/303(f)
Under the presidency of Raymond Poincaré, which ran from 1913 till 1920, Panhard & Levassor's 18CV and 20CV models were the official presidential cars.. During the war Panhard, like other leading automobile producers, concentrated on war production, including large numbers of military trucks, V12-cylinder aero-engines, gun components, and large 75 and 105 diameter shells.
The Panhard AML (automitrailleuse légère, or "light armoured 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]
Sd.Kfz. 234/3 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) Stummel heavy armoured car; Sd.Kfz. 234/4 Schwere Panzerspähwagen (8-Rad) heavy armoured car; Sd.Kfz. 234 8-wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel) Steyr ADGZ heavy armoured car (from Austrian annex) Panzerspähwagen P204(f) (Panhard 178 captured following the Battle of France)
Panhard 178 [31] Panhard AM40-P – interwar experimental eight wheel design [42] Panhard AML- 4x4 with 90 mm main armament; Panhard VBL Véhicule Blindé Léger – a modern French scout car designed for reconnaissance; VBC-90; Vextra 105 – a modern 8x8 design. White-Laffly AMD – World War I armoured car.
The Panhard 178 numbers include some hulls not fitted with a turret, but exclude the continued production in 1940 for Germany which probably amounted to 176 vehicles. [ 4 ] After the armistice in the unoccupied Free Zone of France, a clandestine rebuild took place of 225 GMC Trucks into armoured cars.
This category is for articles about armoured cars introduced during World War II. ... Panhard 178; Panhard AM 40 P; Landsverk Lynx; Peerless armoured car; R.