German Beute Panzerauto Peugeot (b) with the Apollo-Wazel System, 1917.

Experimental German Beute Panzerauto (Captured Armored Car) Peugeot (Belgian "Auto-Mitrailleuse" captured in Galicia(*) in September 1916), equipped with the Apollo-Walze mechanism in 1917, designed to optimize the cross-country perfomance of the vehicles.

(*) Galicia, Austrian region occupied by the Russians in 1914.

He was subsequently (in the same year), stripped of the main mechanism, but maintained the transformation performed for anchoring the large wheels.
He served, first in Pz.Kw.MG.Abteilung-1 and later in Pz.Kw.MG.Zug-8.
In 1919, with the name "Raudi" was used by the Freikorps in the reconquest of Munich (Bavarian Soviet Republic). He was rearmed with a Becker 2 cm gun.

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El Beute Panzerauto (Coche Blindado capturado) experimental Peugeot alemán ("Auto-Mitrailleuse" belga capturado en Galicia (*) en septiembre de 1916), equipado con el mecanismo Apollo-Walze en 1917, diseñado para optimizar el rendimiento a campo través de los vehículos.

(*) Galicia o Galizia, región austriaca ocupada por los rusos en 1914.

Posteriormente (en el mismo año), fue despojado del mecanismo principal, pero mantuvo la transformación realizada para anclar las grandes ruedas.
Sirvió, primero en el Pz.Kw-MG-Abteilung 1 y posteriormente en el Pz.Kw-MG-Zug 8.
En 1919, con el nombre "Raudi" fue utilizado por los Freikorps en la reconquista de Munich (República Soviética de Baviera). Fue rearmado con un cañón Becker de 2 cm.

Belgian Armored Car Peugeot (Mors Type) captured by the Germans in 1916, with the installation of the Apollo-Wazel experimental system in 1917.

Belgian Armored Car Peugeot (Mors Type) captured by the Germans in 1916, with the installation of the Apollo-Wazel experimental system in 1917.

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Coche Blindado belga Peugeot (Tipo Mors) capturado por los alemanes en 1916, con la instalación del sistema experimental Apollo-Wazel en 1917.

Installation in a military passenger car of the Apollo-Walze System, Germany 1917.

Pkw mit Apollo-Wazel System

Installation in a military passenger car of the Apollo-Walze Cross-Country System, Germany 1917.

Instalación en un coche militar de pasajeros del sistema todo-terreno Apollo-Walze, Alemania 1917.

German Panzerauto Charron (C.G.V.) 1908

U.S. Army Armored Car No. 1001. Photo taken in 1918.

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.

The Armored Car No. 1001, parked on a dead track, in a US Army railroad depot. February 1918.

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Cuerpo de Ingenieros, Ejército de los Estados Unidos.

El Vagón Blindado No. 1001, estacionado en una vía muerta, en un depósito de ferrocarriles del ejército estadounidense. Febrero de 1918.

The first Armored Car (Railroad Car) of the US Army. Drawing of 1916.

The United States Army's first armored car has twenty port-holes for machine-guns and a well in the center for a three-inch rapid-fire field piece.

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I have literally transcribed, with an OCR program, the text that accompanies this illustration (illustration that I have recomposed and colored), of the article appeared in 1916 in "Popular Science Monthly No. 89", entitled "Our First Armored Car". The full article transcribes it below:

Popular Science Monthly No. 89 (1916-2) p. 588-589.

Our First Armored Car

The first armored car to be constructed under the direction of the Board of Engineers of the United States Army has been inspected at the Sandy Hook proving grounds.

The car was designed and built within twenty-seven days. It will no doubt be sent to the Mexican border, to be used in actual operation.

The service for which the car is intended is primarily to guard railroads and depots adjacent to railroads.

It is not ordinarily to be employed in aggressive movements.

In effect, it is a movable blockhouse which may be used at any point along the line. It may serve as a retreat for troops post danger points, or for the transportation of explosives or material of a perishable nature which might be damaged by fire from the ends.

The car consists of a heavy steel-plate structure erected upon a standar flatcar frame. The plate is of sufficient thickness to withstand fire from small arms. The interior is divided into three compartments.

Through port-holes in the end compartments, machine-guns and rifles may be fired by soldiers within the car.

The center compartment, which is lower than the full height of the car, is used for the storage of ammunition. Enough ammunition may be stored to supply the small arms and the three-inch rapid-fire field gun mounted on top of the car.

This gun has a special recoil mounting. It takes a crew of three trained men to operate it. The gun-well may also be used as a fighting top for troops armed with machine-guns or rifles.

The car will accommodate a platoon of infantry seated on camp stools or on benches. When used for patrol purposes there would not be more than twelve men in the car, to operate the rapid-fire gun and machine-guns.

A dry-hopper lavatory and a water tank having a capacity of three hundred gallons, from which the water is brought to the interior of the car by a hand-pump, has been installed for the convenience of the soldiers.

The car weighs approximately ninety-seven thousand pounds, which is less than the weight of the armored railroad cars now in use abroad.

There are twenty port-holes for machine-guns or small arms, eight being located on each side of the car and two in each end. These openings are covered with sliding doors of heavy steel when they are not in use.

In addition there are also six peep-holes, two in each side of the car, and one in each end.

Access to the car is obtained through four door openings, one on each side and one on each end. A ladder in the middle compartment enables the gunners to reach the gun-well at the top of the car.

The armored railroad car first came into use in South Africa. There it met with conspicuous success, opening the eyes of European nations to its service-ability in war.

During the recent periods of internal strife in Mexico, Villa's troops converted a freight car into a movable fort on wheels.

It took part in a number of pitched battles and did excellent service in guarding the railroad's right-of-way and in transporting ammunition stores.

Port-holes were cut in the sides and ends of the car and through these rifles and machine-guns were fired. The active part played by this car in a desultory war convinced our army officials of its military value.

On the other hand, armored railroad cars were long ago introduced in Europe as the direct result of the splendid showing made by the first car in South Africa.

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The Turreted Rolls-Royce Armoured Car Prototype, December 1914.

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I have posted three post in my other Blog (about the period 1925-1950), that maybe you might want to take a look at them. One about the Japanese Austin 6x4 'Chiyoda type' and two about the Afghan Lancia-Ansaldo, discovered in Kabul by NATO troops in 2001.
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He publicado tres post en mi otro Blog (sobre el período 1925-1950), que quizás os pueda interesar echarles una ojeada. Uno sobre el Austin japonés 6x4 'Tipo Chiyoda' y dos sobre el Lancia-Ansaldo afgano, descubierto en Kabul por tropas de la OTAN en 2001.
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Japanese Austin Mk. IV Armored Car M1932, Chiyoda Type.
https://tanks-and-support-vehicles-1925to1950.blogspot.com/2019/06/japanese-austin-mk-iv-armored-car-m1932.html

Sunday, June 30, 2019
Afgan Lancia-Ansaldo 1ZM Armored Car, Model 1918 modified in 1928. (Side view).
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Afgan Lancia-Ansaldo 1ZM Armored Car, Model 1918 modified in 1928. (Three quarter view).
https://tanks-and-support-vehicles-1925to1950.blogspot.com/2019/06/afgan-lancia-ansaldo-1zm-armored-car.html