Armoured Cars.

The metal wheels in the centre of the Panhard, were elevated, when speed and conditions for speed were needed or available, and lowered if ground contitions warrented, such as mud, etc.!

While not mentioned, I would suggest that those four metal wheels, would also be of some aid when crossing embankments or walls, etc., as well as providing some movement even if the rubber tyres were mostly destroyed.

A pretty nifty little critter! You might notice that there does not even seem to be a front or rear!

In fact, it looks so good, I wonder why someone does not manufacture an improved version today? It has a low profile, and looks like it might well have good speed.

Regards,

Edited by opuslola - 26-Jul-2011 at 18:42

Lanchester armored car from 1914

Speaking of armoured cars, just why has no one shown the Presidential cars, or the "Pope-mobile?" chuckle!

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It would easily be a "sitting duck" for the Pahhard! It is too tall, too square, and too ugly to be left running! smile!

Plus it has that great target painted upon the doors and the engine cowling!

This improvised armored car was built by the French resistance in 1944 and used during the siege of La Rochelle. Similar vehicles, utilising the chassis of trucks, were used during the Norwegian and Polish uprisings

Here is the main Russian armored car of the Polish-Soviet War. The Austin-Putilov was originally supplied to the Tsarist army but many ended up in Communist hands. The roller on the front enabled it to cross trenches and the caterpillar tracks prevented it sinking into the melting snow

Originally posted by Nick1986 Many French P107 artillery tractors fell into Nazi hands following the fall of France. The wooden body was replaced with armor plate and the halftrack was adapted for new roles: some were converted into APCs and armed with machine guns and others were fitted with anti aircraft guns

I guess that on this picture they are going backward, because it doesnt look like they could have passed this ditch from the front of car....

This appears to be the missing link between armored cars and tanks. It's a 1927 Vickers-Wolseley which could run on either tracks or wheels

The Grizzly is an experimental armored car designed to withstand roadside bombs. Unfortunately the US army insists on using the Hummer in Iraq, preferring to gamble with mens lives rather than invest in a replacement

Eve of Destruction, the last gun truck of the Vietnam War. Long before the "hillbilly armor" of the Iraq War US troops had to improvise an escort for their supply convoys in jungle crawling with Vietcong. Eve's weapons included six .50 cal machine guns and a grenade launcher: a big improvement over the lightly armed Jeeps previously used