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When the war began in August 1914, France had a history of armored vehicle development The first was the 1905 Charron model 4 Charron CVG already in service since 1908, and some have been exported to Russia Peugeot entered the melee in 1914, delivering a complete picture of armored vehicles based on passenger vehicles they used the chassis of the Peugeot 146, 148, but more generally commercial February 4 model 153, and makeshift armor arrangements They no standardization and, at the end of 1914, this improvised series was arrested along Peugeot has designed a better shielded standardized model, probably based on the chassis 148 and comes in two different series.
The Peugeot 1914 CA Autocannon model was equipped with a Schneider standard 37 mm 1 45, the short barrel model 1897 field gun mounted on a central pivot It is based on the frame Peugeot 18CV Over 150 were constructed in any the first series AC- 1 received a completely open platform and the firearm is protected by a curved screen the second model, AC-2, had a turret through fully at the rear, a combat compartment upper portion open but fully armed engine hatch, sides and the driver's compartment, with 5 0 21 5 mm in iron armor plates was conceived by the master Reynaud access is through a rear door and on the sides of the driver's cabin to offset the additional weight, the rear tire has been doubled the pilot chamber received only two small slots vision, but the sides of the fighting compartment were sometimes small trap The data are normal crew consists of a driver, commander and gunner charger.
The other model was based on a Peugeot 20CV chassis as the Peugeot AM for mod armored E1 which was generally equipped with a model 1914 Hotchkiss 6 0 25 5 mm in machine gun 120 of them were built Both were very similar in the design and the parts were interchangeable in early 1915, all were simply called armored Peugeot.
In August 1914 some cavalry units were equipped with AM Peugeot cars, including 6 and 7 Armored Car Groups 7th Cavalry Division and the 1st Cavalry Corps In the first stage of the war mobile warfare enabled them to add their potential for infantry support and patrolled the place well behind enemy lines, but in 1915, when the impasse began, they saw of limited value they served mostly to patrol the line front on the open roads and provide support to fire when needed but their off-road capabilities were severely reduced when the war has become more mobile in 1918, only 23 were left, production had slowed since 1915 and no replacements has been allocated.
In 1919, the Polish government threatened by the situation escalates in Russia, tried to bought French armored vehicles, and only received 18 Peugeot AMs in August 1920 as well as spare parts They were shipped by sea and arrived in September -November 1920, too late to be effectively engaged in three operations carried rifles with three other rearmed after the rear fighting compartment was inclined sides as seen in the pictures, unlike the regular models, making some sources speak of a new postwar model amended in 1918 after their arrival, they formed an armored car unit based in Poznan and later the 1st and the 2nd armored car platoons These units have often been reorganized in twenty years in May 1926 during the coup of Józef Pilsudski, two assisted government forces, and one was damaged during street fighting they received in the early 1930s, a small revision in the workshops of CFS, a new train strengthened Already in 1930 replaced by the WZ 28 halftrack was booming Considered obsolete by 1931 they were loaned to the police to task training and patrol in 1935, they nearly all had been removed, but the other three in service with the police took part in the fight at the border on 1 September 1939 in Upper -Silésie and treat German Freikorps the rest was destroyed during the war.
Four Peugeot AMs were also loaned to the Serbian government to face against the incursions of the Bolsheviks, and later reused by the Yugoslav kingdom They seem to have been kept in service until the German invasion in April 1941, but their fate is unknown .
Peugeot AM, armed with unknown cavalry unit early camouflage gun Hotchkiss River Marne, end of 1914 armored Peugeot AC-2, with the wheels short barrel mle 1897 Schneider field gun and radiated Note also the late Japanese-style camouflage Yser before summer 1918 in 1916, they were rearmed with guns Puteaux, carrying 400 rounds in 1918, they served fast infantry carrier Samochód Pancerny Peugeot AM in service with the police of Polish borders, September 1, 1939 they were probably the oldest AFVs into service in Poland and fought with the German Freikorps and other advanced features of the German army near Katowice les six armed gun cars are called queens of Lithuania received a 6 594437 mm 1 WZ 45 18 SA-18 Puteaux l 21 with 40 turns the other 8 it bears the name Lithuania kings and princess received 7 0 31 92 mm in Hotchkiss WZ 25 and more narrow shields Other changes they received new headlights and a large projector, new rear compartment sloped s TORAGE additional boxes and arrange their reinforced chassis number was painted next to Polish blazon.
Peugeot 1914 armored car, Peugeot 1914, shielded, the sides of the driver's compartment.