Autoblindé Peugeot
Autoblindé Peugeot | |
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General properties | |
crew | 4 to 5 men |
length | 4.80 m |
width | 1.80 m |
height | 2.80 m |
Dimensions | 4,800 kg |
Armor and armament | |
Armor | unknown |
Main armament | 37mm cannon |
Secondary armament | no |
agility | |
drive | Peugeot petrol engine 40 HP (30 kW) |
suspension | Rigid axle |
Top speed | 40 km / h (road) |
Power / weight | 8.3 hp / t |
Range | 140 km |
Autoblindé Peugeot was a French armored car from the First World War .
Originally this vehicle was an improvisation by the Peugeot company . Although the model still fulfilled its task in the first year of the First World War as an armored reconnaissance vehicle, its function was increasingly restricted with the beginning of the trench warfare. From 1915 the main task of the chariot was in the patrol in the hinterland. The vehicle was road bound and not able off-road driving. Autoblindé Peugeot can almost be counted as the father of the modern tank weapon alongside the Rolls-Royce combat vehicle . Using the example of the Peugeot combat vehicle, it was determined what the ideal level for arming a tank of that time was.
The armor of the Peugeot was much weaker than that of the first combat vehicles such as the Mark IV or St. Chamond . The use of armored vehicles faded into the background with the appearance of the first real tanks. Nevertheless, the vehicle remained in service with the French army until 1918 and played a not insignificant role in the destruction of the German offensives that year. After the end of the First World War, the remaining Peugeots were delivered to Poland , where they were used in the war against Soviet Russia in 1919/21.
literature
- Philip Trewhitt: tanks. Neuer Kaiserverlag, Klagenfurt 2005, ISBN 3-7043-3197-X .