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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Fiat Armoured Car ‘Indian Pattern’. North-West Frontier, c. 1918.



Fiat Armoured Car ‘Indian Pattern’. North-West Frontier, c. 1918.

This model of Fiat Armoured Car was designed in Britain, where it also sent the steel plates necessary to mount the shield in India in 1916. In these models, later, were removed the side armour that existed between the wheels to protect the underside of vehicles and also they were retired the rear fenders.

NOTE OVER THE DENOMINATION OF THE ARMOURED UNITS OF INDIA.

The Armored Car formations in India were called, since the spring of 1915, as Armoured Motor Units (AMU). Later, in 1917, renamed as Armoured Motor Batteries (AMB), although the units continued to maintain the same number of Armoured Cars assigned to them at first (1915). In this blog I have always used the name Armoured Motor Batteries (AMB), in order to avoid confusion.



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Coche Blindado Fiat 'Modelo de India'. Frontera del Noroeste, circa 1918.

Este modelo de Coche Blindado Fiat fue diseñado en Gran Bretaña, desde donde también se enviaron las planchas de acero necesarias para montar el blindaje en India durante 1916. A estos modelos, posteriormente, se les retiró el blindaje lateral que existía entre las ruedas para proteger los bajos de los vehículos, y también les fueron retirados los guardabarros traseros.

NOTA SOBRE LA DENOMINACIÓN DE LAS UNIDADES BLINDADAS DE LA INDIA.

Las formaciones de Coches Blindados en la India se denominaron, desde la primavera de 1915, como Armoured Motor Units (AMU). Posteriormente, en 1917, pasaron a denominarse Armoured Motor Batteries (AMB), aunque las unidades siguieron manteniendo el mismo número de coches blindados que se les asignó desde un principio (1915). En este Blog utilizaré siempre la denominación Armoured Motor Batteries (AMB), con la finalidad de evitar confusiones.

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