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Large cars continued to be a specialty of Minerva's, and in 1930 the then almost-compulsory-for-the-time straight eight was introduced in two sizes; the 6.6-litre AL and the 4-litre AP. [7] The last Minerva was the 2-litre M4 of 1934 but it did not sell well. A green 1924 Minerva MLT tractor and a 1934 Minerva SP fire engine at Autoworld in ...
Another early armoured car of the period was the French Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902, presented at the Salon de l'Automobile et du cycle in Brussels, on 8 March 1902. [2] The vehicle was equipped with a Hotchkiss machine gun, and with 7 mm armour for the gunner [3] [4] [5] although it, too, was only a prototype and never used in warfare. [3]
In the 1930s, a new sub-class of armored car emerged in the United States, known as the scout car. This was a compact light armored car which was either unarmed or armed only with machine guns for self-defense. [32] Scout cars were designed as purpose-built reconnaissance vehicles for passive observation and intelligence gathering. [32]
The Minerva's use in combat in August 1914 made Belgium the first Nation to employ armoured cars in World War I, [6] though Italy had previously been the first to use armoured cars in a theatre of conflict, in the 1911–1912 Italo-Turkish War. [7]
The Belgian Expeditionary Corps of Armoured Cars in Russia (French: Corps Expeditionnaire des Autos-Canons-Mitrailleuses Belges en Russie) was a Belgian military unit sent to Russia during World War I. It fought alongside the Imperial Russian army on the Eastern Front. Between 1915 and 1918, 444 Belgian soldiers served with the unit of whom 16 ...
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Over the course of four years, Impéria took over three other Belgian car manufacturers: Métallurgique (1927), Excelsior (1929), and Nagant (1931). From 1934 until the company folded it built mainly front-wheel-drive Adlers with Belgian-made coachwork. [4] The company merged with Minerva in 1934, but they split in 1939.
Main building of the Historical, vintage, and classic cars museum 1904 Minerva Type A motor car in the museum. The Historical, Vintage, and Classical Cars Museum is located in Kuwait's Shuwaikh Industrial Area, near the intersection of road 80 and road 55.