DAF M39

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DAF M39
The DAF M39 armored car

The DAF M39 armored car
General properties
crew 5
length 4.75 m
width 2.08 m
height 2.16 m
Dimensions 5.1 t
Unit price 529,600 guilders (entire series)
Armor and armament
Armor 10 mm
Main armament Bofors anti-tank cannon caliber 37 mm
Secondary armament 3 Lewis machine guns caliber 7.92 mm
agility
drive Ford -239- petrol engine , 3924 cm³, 8 cylinders
71 kW 96 (PS)
Top speed 75 km / h
Power / weight PS / t
Range 300 km

The DAF M39 was an armored reconnaissance vehicle , of which DAF produced twelve pieces from 1939 to 1940. The M39 was used during World War II . In 1938 Van Doorne NV Aanhangwagenfabriek (DAF) had received the order to build twelve armored vehicles to equip the third armored squadron of the Dutch army. DAF still called the prototype presented in 1938 the PT 3, in the Dutch army the vehicles delivered from 1939 were called the DAF M39. In May 1940, the twelve copies built up to then took part in the fighting against the German Wehrmachtpart. A vehicle was destroyed here. After the occupation of the Netherlands, the rest were used in German police units and on the Eastern Front. Two more specimens were destroyed, as can be proven by photos. The whereabouts of the remaining DAF M39s as well as the number of those still built in 1940 is unknown.

gallery

  • The chassis of the M39 armored car

  • The M39 in the video, early 1940

literature

  • Janusz Ledwoch: Samochody pancerne (6 × 4). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Militaria, 1996, pp. 11-13. ISBN 83-86209-76-3 .
  • Fred Vos, Pantservoertuigen 1 - Tankherkenning - AMX- DAF , Alkenreeks 79, Uitgeverij De Alk, Alkmaar.
  • CM Schulten & J. Theil, 1979, Nederlandse Pantservoeruigen , Van Holkema & Warendorf, Bussum.
  • Bom, JA, 2008, DAF Pantserwagens voor de Huzaren regiments - ontwikkeling, aanschaffing, inzet , Cavaleriemuseum, Amersfoort.

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