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Saturday, April 27, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
Turkish Hotchkiss Partly-Armored Car M1908.
Turkish Hotchkiss Partly-Armored Car M1908
Inspired in the C.G.V. (Auto-Mitrailleuse Charron - Charron Partly-Armored Car - of 1902), although better armored, their configuration continued deprotecting the driver and assistant, except when shooting fighting back. It was performed on the chassis of a passenger car Hotchkiss Type U 40-HP. Five copies were made (*) to meet a request from the Turkish Government of April 15, 1908. They were armed with Hotchkiss Machine Guns of 7.65-mm (Turkish Army standard gauge) installed on a pedestal in the center of the rear shielded receptacle, and provided with a protective shield for the shooter or shooters.
(*) Vauvillier, François. Les Automitrailleuses en France, 1902-1914, GBM (Magazine) No. 90, p. 40., Paris, 2010.
Inspired in the C.G.V. (Auto-Mitrailleuse Charron - Charron Partly-Armored Car - of 1902), although better armored, their configuration continued deprotecting the driver and assistant, except when shooting fighting back. It was performed on the chassis of a passenger car Hotchkiss Type U 40-HP. Five copies were made (*) to meet a request from the Turkish Government of April 15, 1908. They were armed with Hotchkiss Machine Guns of 7.65-mm (Turkish Army standard gauge) installed on a pedestal in the center of the rear shielded receptacle, and provided with a protective shield for the shooter or shooters.
(*) Vauvillier, François. Les Automitrailleuses en France, 1902-1914, GBM (Magazine) No. 90, p. 40., Paris, 2010.
About the service in Turkey of this self-machine gun, see:
The 1909 Hotchkiss "Automitrailleuse 'in Turkish Service.
http://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/the-turkish-1909-1913-auto-machine-gun-carrier/
The 1909 Hotchkiss "Automitrailleuse 'in Turkish Service.
http://www.ottoman-uniforms.com/the-turkish-1909-1913-auto-machine-gun-carrier/
Auto-Ametralladora Parcialmente
Blindada Hotchkiss M1908 del Gobierno Turco.
Inspirada
en la C.G.V. (Auto-Mitrailleuse Charron)
de 1902, aunque mejor blindada, su
configuración continuaba desprotegiendo al conductor y asistente, excepto
cuando combatía disparando hacia atrás. Fue realizada sobre el chasis de un
coche de pasajeros Hotchkiss Tipo U de 40-HP. Se fabricaron cinco ejemplares (*),
para atender un pedido del Gobierno Turco de 15 de abril de 1908. Fueron
armadas con ametralladoras Hotchkiss de
7,65-mm (calibre estándar del Ejército Turco), instaladas sobre un pedestal
en el centro del receptáculo blindado trasero, y dotadas con un escudo
protector para el tirador o tiradores.
(*)
Vauvillier, François. Les Automitrailleuses en France, 1902-1914, GBM (Revista) Nº 90, p. 40., París,
2010.
Sobre el servicio en Turquía de esta auto-ametralladora, ver:
The 1909 Hotchkiss 'Automitrailleuse' in Turkish
Service.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Improvised Bianchi Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Car. Italian Army, circa 1916.
Bianchi Improvised Machine Gun Car. Royal Italian
Army, circa 1916.
During the Great War, a common practice, we found the samples in all armies, was to arm certain vehicles with machine guns.
These transformations improvised, whose aim was to get auto-propelling guns and machine guns were performed on both trucks and vans as on passenger cars.
They were quite common at the beginning of the Great War, especially during the mobility period, when used, preferably with direct fire to shoot the enemy troops. When stabilized fronts, some of these vehicles were used for indirect fire and especially for the antiaircraft fire, alongside other vehicles made specifically for this last mission.
This practice continued to exist after the Great War, in the successive conflicts that arose from it.
During the Great War, a common practice, we found the samples in all armies, was to arm certain vehicles with machine guns.
These transformations improvised, whose aim was to get auto-propelling guns and machine guns were performed on both trucks and vans as on passenger cars.
They were quite common at the beginning of the Great War, especially during the mobility period, when used, preferably with direct fire to shoot the enemy troops. When stabilized fronts, some of these vehicles were used for indirect fire and especially for the antiaircraft fire, alongside other vehicles made specifically for this last mission.
This practice continued to exist after the Great War, in the successive conflicts that arose from it.
Perhaps the most picturesque and paradoxical
vehicle derived from this practice -although
it had been previously used sporadically- was called
"Tachanka", hypomobile cart armed with a Maxim Machine Gun, which appeared on the battlefields of the East. During a period that
stretched from the Russian Civil War to the Soviet-Polish
War, meant a true tactical revolution in the war of movement, which developed
in the vast steppes of the East.
This Italian Bianchi car (Type
A, Model 1913,
four-cylinder, 2120 cc), belonging to the Italian Army, was armed with a Maxim Machine Gun
ready for anti-aircraft firing,
being another example of the importance
that day by day was
gaining the presence of
aviation on the battlefield.
It the consequent need to try to alleviate the serious and insidious damage caused by aviation, not only from fixed antiaircraft positions, too well known by the pilots, but from
anywhere unsuspected that might surprise
enemy aircraft, which was possible
thanks to mobility of vehicles
armed with cannons or machine guns.
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Autoametralladora Improvisada Bianchi.
Real Ejército Italiano, circa 1916.
Durante
la Gran Guerra, una práctica habitual, de la que encontramos muestras en todos
los ejércitos, fue la de armar determinados vehículos con ametralladoras.
Estas
transformaciones improvisadas, cuyo fin era conseguir autopropulsar cañones y
ametralladoras, fueron realizadas tanto sobre camiones y furgonetas como sobre
coches de pasajeros.
Fueron
bastante comunes al principio de la Gran Guerra, especialmente durante el período
de movilidad, cuando se utilizaban, preferentemente, para disparar con fuego
directo a las tropas enemigas. Cuando se estabilizaron los frentes, algunos de
estos vehículos se utilizaron para el fuego indirecto y especialmente para el
fuego antiaéreo, junto a otros vehículos realizados expresamente para esta
última misión.
Esta
práctica siguió existiendo después de la Gran Guerra, en los sucesivos
conflictos que se derivaron de ella.
Quizás
el vehículo más pintoresco y paradójico derivado de esta práctica -aunque ya
había sido utilizado anteriormente de
forma esporádica– fuera el denominado „Tachanka“, carro hipomóvil armado con
una ametralladora Maxim, que apareció en los campos de batalla del Este.
Durante un período que se extendió desde la Guerra Civil Rusa hasta la Guerra Ruso-Polaca,
significó una verdadera revolución táctica en la guerra de movimiento, la cual
se desarrollaba en las extensas estepas del Este.
Este
coche italiano Bianchi (Tipo A, Modelo 1913 de cuatro cilindros y 2120 c.c.),
perteneciente al Ejército Italiano, estaba armado con una ametralladora Maxim
dispuesta para el tiro antiaéreo, siendo otra muestra más de la importancia que
día a día iba cobrando la presencia de la aviación en los campos de batalla. De
ello la consecuente necesidad de intentar paliar los graves e insidiosos daños
producidos por la aviación, no solamente desde posiciones antiaéreas fijas,
harto conocidas por los pilotos, sino desde cualquier lugar insospechado que pudiera sorprender a la aviación enemiga, lo cual
era posible gracias a la movilidad de los vehículos armados con cañones o
ametralladoras.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
German Ehrhardt E-V/4 M1915 Armored Car. Belonging to the First Battalion of Armored Cars M.G.- Kiev, Ukraine, spring of 1918.
Panzerwagen Ehrhardt E-V/4 M1915.
Die Zugehörigkeit zu der
Panzerkraftwagen Machinengewehr Abteilung 1 (P.K.M.G.A.1.)
Kiew, Ukraine, Frühling von 1918.
First Battalion
of Armored Cars Machine-Guns
Possibly, during one of the frequent patrols on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine, spring of 1918.
This unique type of Ehrhardt Armored Car, Model 1915 was, a few months later (in late spring or early summer of 1918), captured by the Bolsheviks.
This unique type of Ehrhardt Armored Car, Model 1915 was, a few months later (in late spring or early summer of 1918), captured by the Bolsheviks.
Later, in September of that year, would change hands.
This time it was the Ukrainians White, belonging to Don Army, which is what the
Bolsheviks wrested.
The Ukrainians baptized their new armored car with the
name of his captor: "Colonel Bezmolitvenny".
Well the Reds or well the Whites, made some
significant modifications to the vehicle.
Of these give due consideration in a future post, definitely
clarifying the issue of armaments and other issues related to this topic and so
far unknown.
Primer Batallón de Coches Blindados
Ametralladores
Posiblemente,
la fotografía está tomada durante una de las frecuentes patrullas realizadas en las inmediaciones de Kiev, en Ucrania, durante la primavera de 1918.
Este único
tipo de Coche Blindado Ehrhardt, Modelo 1915, fue capturado por los Bolcheviques unos meses después (finales de
primavera o principios de verano de 1918).
Posteriormente,
en septiembre de ese mismo año, volvería a cambiar de manos.
Esta vez
fueron los Ucranianos Blancos, pertenecientes al Ejército del Don, quienes lo
arrebataron a los Bolcheviques.
Los
ucranianos bautizaron a su nuevo coche blindado con el nombre de su captor:
"Coronel Bezmolitvenny".
O los
Rojos o los Blancos realizaron algunas significativas modificaciones en
el vehículo.
De ellas daré
debida cuenta en un próximo post, aclarando definitivamente la identificación del
armamento y algunas otras cuestiones relacionadas con este tema y desconocidas
hasta ahora.
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