K.U.K. 8-cm Luftfahrzeugabwehr-Kanone M.5/8 M.P. Modified version with the Zelisko Remote Control System M1918.

K.U.K. 8-cm Luftfahrzeugabwehr-Kanone M.5/8 M.P.

Modified version with the Zelisko Remote Control System M1918.

New Posts in my other Blogs - Nuevas Publicaciones en mis otros Blogs

03 August 2019
System Merker Armored Car, Model 1912. Carnival parade: «The Peace Congress in Haag». Germany 1912
https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2019/08/system-merker-armored-car-model-1912.html

07 August 2019
Russian armored car Austin Type 2 in a workshop behind the front. Spring of 1917.
https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2019/08/russian-armored-car-austin-type-2-in.html

07 August 2019
Austro-Hungarian Anti-Aircraft Vehicle Ehrhardt-Skoda 8-cm L/35.
https://armoredvehicleswwi.blogspot.com/2019/08/austro-hungarian-anti-aircraft-vehicle.html

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Sunday, August 4, 2019
'Fiume', Italian Lancia-Ansaldo 1ZM Armored Car, Tien-Tsin, China 1937.
https://tanks-and-support-vehicles-1925to1950.blogspot.com/2019/08/fiume-italian-lancia-ansaldo-1zm.html

Belgian Armored Cars in Russia. Summer 1917.

German Minerva Armored Car, captured to the Belgians, 1915.

German Beute Panzerauto Minerva, 1915

Minerva Armored Car captured to the Belgians in 1914.

Belonging to the AOK II (*). Vehicle No. 112. Belgium 1915.

(*) AOK = Armeeoberkommando (Army Higher Command). 

It was the term equivalent to that of "ARMY".

French Renault Armored Car. Factory Model 1914. Paris, Octobre 1914.

French Renault Armored Car. Factory Model 1914. 

Auto-Mitrailleuse Blindée Renault. Modèle d'usine 1914. 

Place du Châtelet, Paris, Octobre 1914.

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See the post:

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Renault Armored Car (Factory Model). Captured by the Germans, France, 1914 (WWI). 

https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2011/11/renault-armored-car-model-factory.html


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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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New Posts - Nuevos-Posts

NOTE - NOTA

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.
You can access by clicking on the icon of the corresponding sidebar or with these links:

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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.
Podéis acceder clikeando en el icono de la barra lateral correspondiente o con estos enlaces:

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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).
https://tanks-and-support-vehicles-1925to1950.blogspot.com/2019/06/afgan-lancia-ansaldo-1zm-armored-car_30.html

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

French Section of Machine Gun Cars (Auto-Mitrailleuses), belonging to the Sordet Cavalry Corp. August 1914.

Auto-Mitrailleuses de la Cavalerie

French Cavalry Machine Gun Car Section, 1914.

A Section formed by two improvised auto-machine guns of the French cavalry ("Auto-Mitrailleuses"), belonging to the Sordet Cavalry Corp. The first one, fully identified, is a Lorraine-Diétrich. The second could also be a Lorraine-Diétrich of a different model. Belgium or more likely the North of France, August 1914.

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Autoametralladoras de la Caballería

 Sección francesa de Autoametralladoras de Caballería, 1914.

Una Sección formada por dos autoametralladoras improvisadas de la caballería francesa ("Auto-Mitrailleuses"), pertenecientes al Cuerpo de Caballería Sordet. La primera de ellas, correctamente identificada, es un Lorraine-Diétrich. La segunda también, muy probablemente, podría tratarse de otro Lorraine-Diétrich de un modelo diferente. Bélgica o más probablemente el norte de Francia, agosto de 1914.

German Motorcycle-Sidecar Machine-Gun with ammunition trailer, 1915.

German Motorcycle-Sidecar Machine-Gun with ammunition trailer. Belgium 1915.

Transformation made by the Germans in 1915, using material captured from the Belgians. In this case it is a motorcycle F.N. to which a platform (sidecar) has been added carrying a Belgian Hotchkiss M1900 machine gun. The tandem was completed with a two-wheeled trailer carrying the ammunition of the machine gun. Transformations similar to this type of "Moto-Side-MG", were also made on the Eastern front, in these cases carrying Russian Maxim machine guns.

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Motocicleta-Sidecar alemana con ametralladora y remolque de municionamiento. Bélgica 1915.

Transformación realizada por los alemanes en 1915, utilizando material capturado a los belgas. En este caso se trata de una motocicleta F.N. a la que se le ha añadido una plataforma (sidecar) portando una ametralladora belga Hotchkiss M1900. El tandem se completaba con un remolque de dos ruedas portando la munición de la ametralladora. Transformaciones similares a este tipo de "Moto-Side-MG", también se realizaron en el frente del Este, en estos casos portando ametralladoras Maxim rusas.

German Motorcycle-Sidecar Machine-Gun with ammunition trailer. Belgium-1915.

German Motorcycle-Sidecar Machine-Gun with ammunition trailer. 

Belgium-1915.

Italian Lancia-Ansaldo 1ZM Armored Car M1918.

Italian Lancia-Ansaldo 1ZM Armored Car M1918.

Armed with three St.-Etienne 8-mm French machine guns Model 1907. Two of them in the turret and another in the rear porthole of the vehicle.

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Coche Blindado italiano Lancia-Ansaldo 1ZM M1918

Armado con tres ametralladoras francesas St. Étienne de 8-mm Modelo 1907. Dos de ellas en la torreta y otra en el portillo trasero del vehículo.

British RNAS Lanchester Armored Car No. 1-A-1, captured in Russia in 1917.

British Lanchester Armored Car No. 1-A-1, belonging to the RNAS, captured by 

the Austro-Hungarians or by the Germans in Russia in 1917.

Belgian Minerva and Sava Armored Cars. Furnes, West Flanders, Belgium, late 1914.

Belgian Minerva and Sava Armored Cars. 

Furnes, West Flanders, Belgium, late 1914.

German 9-cm Flak System Schnetzler.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Schnetzler

Standar model

Improvised Polish Armored Car Packard 'Bukowski' No. 1

Improvised Polish Armored Car Packard 'Bukowski' No. 1

Made in the city of Lviv, Ukraine (later Poland), in 1920 on the chassis of a 3-ton Packard truck.

See another view of the same armor in this blog:

Friday, April 13, 2012
'Bukowski' Polish Improvised Packard Armored Car. Built in 1920.
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2012/04/bukowski-polish-improvised-packard.html

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Coche Blindado polaco improvisado Packard 'Bukowski' Nº 1

Realizado en la ciudad de Lviv, Ucrania (después Polonia), en 1920 sobre el chasis de un camión Packard de 3 toneladas.

Ver otra vista del mismo blindado en este blog:
Viernes 13 de abril de 2012
'Bukowski' Polish Improvised Packard Armored Car. Built in 1920.
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2012/04/bukowski-polish-improvised-packard.html

German 9-cm Flak System Schnetzler. Standar model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Schnetzler

Standar model

German 9-cm Flak System Wohlgemut. Standar & Special model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Wohlgemut. Standar model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Wohlgemut. Special model.

German 9-cm Flak System Metz. Standar model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Metz

 Standar model

German 9-cm Flak System Plett. Improved special model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Plett 

Special model equipped with a static counterweight in the tube of the gun.

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See also, in my other Blog dedicated to the Antiaircraft Artillery of the Great War, the following post:

Ver también, en mi otro Blog dedicado a la Artillería Antiaérea de la Gran Guerra, el siguiente post:

Sunday, July 19, 2020

German 9-cm Flak System-Plett, Modified. Ca. 1916.

https://anti-aircraft-artillery-in-the-wwi.blogspot.com/2020/07/german-9-cm-flak-system-plett-modified.html

German 9-cm Flak System Plett. Special model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Plett

Special model equipped with a static counterweight in the tube of the gun.

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See also, in my other Blog dedicated to the Antiaircraft Artillery of the Great War, the following post:

Ver también, en mi otro Blog dedicado a la Artillería Antiaérea de la Gran Guerra, el siguiente post:

Sunday, July 19, 2020

German 9-cm Flak System-Plett, Modified. Ca. 1916.

https://anti-aircraft-artillery-in-the-wwi.blogspot.com/2020/07/german-9-cm-flak-system-plett-modified.html

German 9-cm Flak System Plett. Standar model.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 9-cm Flak System Plett. Standar model.

German 9-cm C/79. Unknown Flak rotating assembly.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

A German Anti-Aircraft Gun: The 9-cm C/79 Flak, in an elaborate and unknown rotating assembly.

In this and the following post I will continue showing the different types of 9-cm antiaircraft systems, related in a previous post.

 See the post:

 German 9-cm-Flak 'System Schaafhausen' (Anti-Aircraft Gun) 

THE GERMAN OBSOLETE FIELD ARTILLERY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, MASSIVELY CONVERTED IN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (BAK/FLAK) DURING THE GREAT WAR.

https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2019/03/german-9-cm-flak-system-schaafhausen.html

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Un cañón antiaéreo alemán: El 9-cm C/79 Flak, en un elaborado y desconocido ensamblaje rotatorio.

En éste y en los siguientes post voy a continuar mostrando los diferentes tipos de sistemas antiaéreos de 9-cm relacionados anteriormente en otro post.

Ver el post:

German 9-cm-Flak 'System Schaafhausen' (Anti-Aircraft Gun)

 LA OBSOLETA ARTILLERÍA DE CAMPAÑA ALEMANA DEL SIGLO XIX, CONVERTIDA MASIVAMENTE EN ARTILLERÍA ANTIAÉREA (BAK / FLAK) DURANTE LA GRAN GUERRA.

https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2019/03/german-9-cm-flak-system-schaafhausen.html

Belgian motorized armored column, during maneuvers in the North of France in 1916.

Belgian motorized armored column, during maneuvers in the North of France in 1916.

Observe in the extreme left, a Lanchester Armored Car (possibly followed by two other Lanchester).

 Five Minerva Armored Cars open the march. In the background there are other vehicles, some auxiliary, that complete the formation.

Belgian Minerva Armored Cars. France, 1916.

German 7,7-cm L/35 Wagenflak (fran 97) Rheinmetall. Tell el Sheria, Palestine 1917.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German 7,7 cm L/35 Wagen-Flak (fran 97) Rheinmetall, 1915

View of one of the two pieces of 7.7-cm L/35 (f) that made up the Wagenflak Battery for the East.

Tell the Sheria, Palestine 1917

TheseAs a curiosity we will add that for the displacements of the Battery in Palestine, shot of bullocks were used. They were formed by 4 or 5 pairs of oxen for the drag of each of the two Flak cars that made up the Battery.

French 7,5-cm L/35 Field Gun Mle.1897, captured by the Germans and transformed at Anti-Aircraft Gun Cart (Wagenflak) by Rheinmetall in 1915.

Rheinmetall transformed and manufactured 26 Wagen-Flak. These cars carried, indistinctly, transformed cannons of Russian or French origin.

See another post on this blog with a Wagen-Flak on the Western Front:
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-very-rare-gun-german-conversion-77-cm.html

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Carro antiaéreo alemán (Wagen-Flak) de 7,7 cm L/35 (fran 97). 
Fabricado por Rheinmetall en 1915.

Vista de una de las dos piezas de 7,7-cm L/35 (f) que componían la Batería Wagen-Flak destinada a Oriente.

Tell el Sheria, Palestina 1917

Como curiosidad añadiremos que para los desplazamientos de la Batería en Palestina, se utilizaban reatas o tiros de bueyes. Éstas estaban formadas por 4 o 5 parejas de bueyes para el arrastre de cada uno de los dos carros Flak que componían la Batería.

Rheinmetall tranformó y fabricó 26 Wagen-Flak. Estos carros portaban, indistintamente, cañones transformados de orígen ruso o francés.

Ver otro post de este blog con un Flak-Wagen en el frente occidental:
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-very-rare-gun-german-conversion-77-cm.html

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NEW POST - NUEVO POST

See also the post of my new Blog: "Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI", in which one of the two Wagen-Flak captured by the Australians appears:

Ver también el post de mi nuevo Blog: "Anti-Aircraft Artillery in the WWI", en el que aparece uno de los dos Wagen-Flak capturado por los australianos: 

 

Tuesday, November 26, 2019
German 7,7-cm L/35 (franz 97) Wagenflak Rheinmetall M1915

 https://anti-aircraft-artillery-in-the-wwi.blogspot.com/2019/11/german-77-cm-l35-franz-97-wagenflak.html

Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Lanchester Armoured Car, 1915.

Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Lanchester Armoured Car. 

First vehicle [Command] of the 3rd Section [C] of the 5th Squadron belonging to the Royal Naval Armoured Car Division (RNACD). 

United Kingdom, before leaving for France in April 1915.

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Lanchester Armored Car No. 1 [Command Vehicle] of Section C [3rd Section] of the 5th Squadron belonging to the Royal Naval Armored Car Division (RNACD)

The photograph was taken at Wormwood Scrubs, Kensington, North West London, headquarters of the RNACD. To the left of the photograph, partial view of one of the two large gas tanks of Gas Light & Coke Co., on the right, buildings of the Talbot workshops.

5 Squadron (TO&E)

A Section (1st Section)

Lanchester Armored Car No.1 (5-A-1)

Lanchester Armored Car No.2 (5-A-2)

Lanchester Armored Car No.3 (5-A-3)

Lanchester Armored Car No.4 (5-A-4)

Seabrook Armored Car No.5 (5-A-5) 

B Section (2nd Section)

Lanchester Armored Car No.1 (5-B-1)

Lanchester Armored Car No.2 (5-B-2)

Lanchester Armored Car No.3 (5-B-3)

Lanchester Armored Car No.4 (5-B-4)

Seabrook Armored Car No.5 (5-B-5) 

C Section (3rd Section)

Lanchester Armored Car No.1 (5-C-1)

Lanchester Armored Car No.2 (5-C-2)

Lanchester Armored Car No.3 (5-C-3)

Lanchester Armored Car No.4 (5-C-4)

Seabrook Armored Car No.5 (5-C-5) 

All the squads gave their armored cars their name.

The names given to the armored cars of the 5th Squadron, all started with the letter F.

All 15 armored cars, 12 Lanchester and 3 Seabrook, were delivered to the unit at the end of March 1915.

The following month the Squadron was sent to France.

Later, in May 1915, the 3 Seabrook of the 5th Squadron and the 3 Seabrook of the 2nd Squadron were removed from both units to form a new armored formation, homogeneous with respect to the speed, manoeuvrability and armament of their vehicles: the 16th Squadron.

The new numbering (theoretical) of the Seabrooks of this formation was:

A-1

A-2

A-3

A-4

A-5

A-6

The 16th Squadron operated in France with the 12 Rolls-Royce of the 2nd Squadron commanded by the Duke of Westminster.

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Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 1 [Vehículo de Mando] de la Sección C [3ª Sección] del 5º Escuadrón perteneciente a la División de Coches Blindados de la Marina Real [Royal Naval Armoured Car Division (RNACD)]. 

La fotografía fue tomada en Wormwood Scrubs, Kensington, North West London, sede de la RNACD. A la izquierda de la fotografía, vista parcial de uno de los dos grandes depósitos de gasolina de la empresa Gas Light & Coke Co., a la derecha, edificios de los talleres Talbot.

5º Escuadrón (TO&E)

Sección A (1ª Sección)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 1 (5-A-1)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 2 (5-A-2)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 3 (5-A-3)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 4 (5-A-4)

Coche Blindado Seabrook Nº 5 (5-A-5)

Sección B (2ª Sección)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 1 (5-B-1)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 2 (5-B-2)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 3 (5-B-3)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 4 (5-B-4)

Coche Blindado Seabrook Nº 5 (5-B-5)

Sección C (3ª Sección)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 1 (5-C-1)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 2 (5-C-2)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 3 (5-C-3)

Coche Blindado Lanchester Nº 4 (5-C-4)

Coche Blindado Seabrook Nº 5 (5-C-5)

Todos los escuadrones dieron nombre [bautizaron] a sus coches blindados. 

Los nombres dados a los coches blindados del 5º Escuadrón, comenzaban todos por la letra F.

La totalidad de los 15 coches blindados, 12 Lanchester y 3 Seabrook, fueron entregados a la unidad a finales de marzo de 1915. 

Al mes siguiente el Escuadrón fue enviado a Francia. 

Posteriormente, en Mayo de 1915, los 3 Seabrook del 5º Escuadrón y los 3 Seabrook del 2º Escuadrón, fueron retirados de ambas unidades para formar una nueva formación blindada, homogénea respecto a la velocidad, maniobrabilidad y armamento de sus vehículos: el 16º Escuadrón. 

La nueva numeración (teórica) de los Seabrooks de esta formación fue:

A-1

A-2

A-3

A-4

A-5

A-6

El 16º Escuadrón operó en Francia junto a los 12 Rolls-Royce del 2º Escuadrón al mando del Duque de Westmister. 

British RNAS Seabrook Armoured Car No. 5-C-5. United Kingdom 1915.

Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) Seabrook Armoured Car.

Belonging to the 3rd Section of the 5th Squadron of the
Royal Naval Armoured Car Division (RNACD).

United Kingdom, before leaving for France in April 1915.

Armoured Cars added to the British 1st East Surrey Regiment. Cairo, Egypt 1922.

Armoured Cars added to the 1st East Surrey Regiment.

In the background the intimidating armoured car "Terror",
made in Cairoto reinforce the public order of the city.

Church Parade, Regiment Barracks, Cairo, Egypt 1922.

Two French Peugeot Armored Cars M1915, belonging to the 1st Navy Armored Cars Group. Velizy, Versailles, France 1915.

Two French Peugeot Armored Cars M1915, belonging to the 1st Navy Armored Cars Group. 
Velizy, Versailles, France 1915

Two of the three Peugeot Armored Cars M1915 (Auto-Canons) belonging to the 2nd Section of the First Navy Armored Cars Group (GACM). The numbering (not visible here) of the three Auto-Cannons of the 2nd Section was: ZC-5, ZC-6 and ZC-7.

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Dos Coches Blindados franceses Peugeot M1915, pertenecientes al 1º Grupo de Auto-Ametralladoras-Cañones de la Marina. Velizy, Versailles, France 1915

Dos de los tres Coches Blindados fraceses Peugeot M1915 (Auto-Canons) pertenecientes a la 2ª Sección del Primer Grupo de Auto-Ametralladoras-Cañones de la Marina (GACM). La numeración (aquí no visible) de los tres Auto-Cañones de la 2ª Sección era: ZC-5, ZC-6 y ZC-7.

French Auto-Canon Peugeot M1915, Velizy, Versailles, France, 1915

French Peugeot Armored Car M1915, in Velizy, Versailles, France, 1915

Previously I published a post from another Peugeot Armored Car of the same section, in the same location and on the same date.

See:
Friday, September 8, 2017
French Auto-Canon Peugeot M1915, Versailles, France, 1915
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2017/09/french-auto-canon-peugeot-m1915.html

In the next post I will publish the two photographs together.

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Coche Blindado Peugeot M1915 en Velizy, Versalles, Francia, 1915

Anteriormente publiqué un post de otro Coche Blindado Peugeot de la misma sección, en la misma localidad y en la misma fecha.

Ver:
Viernes 8 de septiembre de 2017
French Auto-Canon Peugeot M1915, Versailles, France, 1915
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2017/09/french-auto-canon-peugeot-m1915.html

En el siguiente post publicaré juntas las dos fotografías.

The German Ehrhardt-Rheinmetall 7,7-cm L/27 Kraftwagen-Flak (K-Flak) No. 86

The German Ehrhardt-Rheinmetall 7,7-cm L/27 

Kraftwagen-Flak (K-Flak) No. 86

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

Two light trucks to support an Italian Armored Car Platoon, 1918.

Two light trucks to support an Italian Armored Car Platoon, 1918.

Identification of two light trucks to support an Italian Armored Car Platoon: A Lancia 1Z and a Fiat 15 Ter.
I present here the identification of these two vehicles, almost identical in appearance, to highlight the complexity and difficulty involved in this type of research work.

See the previous post that complements the information:

Thursday, May 3, 2018
Italian Platoon of Armored Cars (Sezione-Automitragliatrici) 1918
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2018/05/italian-platoon-of-armored-cars-sezione.html

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Dos camiones ligeros para soporte de un Pelotón de Coches Blindados Italiano, 1918.

Identificación de dos camiones ligeros para soporte de un Pelotón de Coches Blindados Italiano: Un Lancia 1Z y un Fiat 15 Ter.
Presento aquí la identificación de estos dos vehículos, de aspecto casi idéntico, para destacar la complejidad y dificultad que conlleva este tipo de trabajos de investigación.

Ver el post anterior que complementa la información:

Thursday, May 3, 2018
Italian Platoon of Armored Cars (Sezione-Automitragliatrici) 1918
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2018/05/italian-platoon-of-armored-cars-sezione.html

A German Anti-Aircraf Hotwitzer 10,5-cm lFH 98/09 Krupp in August of 1914.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German anti-aircraft artillery at the beginning of the war:
A German Anti-Aircraf Hotwitzer 10,5-cm lFH 98/09 Krupp in August of 1914.

A Section of German Field Light Hotwitzers: 10,5-cm leichte Feld Haubitze 98/09, adapted for the anti-aircraft shot in defense of an airfield.
In July or the first days of August 1914, near the German border.
In the background the other howitzer.

The photograph was published in the German magazine "Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung" in its number 32 of August 9, 1914.

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I take this post to share, especially with those interested in the German artillery, a magnificent link based on the Krupp catalog of 1892. It is published on Flickr by the "Biblioteca do Exército Português": Fried Krupp-Artilharia (Artillery) 1892. (*)

The album It contains 237 high resolution photographs. Many of the guns that appear on the album were used in the Great War.

I hope you like it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/139425937@N06/albums

(*) - I add that there are also five other albums of undoubted interest.

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Artillería antiaérea alemana al comienzo de la guerra:
Un obùs antiaéreo alemán de 10,5-cm lFH 98/09 Krupp en agosto de 1914.

Una sección de obuses ligeros de campaña alemanes: 10,5-cm leichte Feld Haubitze 98/09, adaptados para el tiro antiaéreo en defensa de un aeródromo.
En julio o en los primeros días de agosto de 1914, cerca de la frontera alemana.
En segundo plano el otro obús.

La fotografía fue publicada en la revista alemana "Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung" en su número 32 de 9 de agosto de 1914.

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Aprovecho este post para compartir, especialmente con los interesados en la artillería alemana, un magnifico enlace basado en el catálogo Krupp de 1892. Está editado en Flickr por la "Biblioteca do Exército Português": Fried Krupp- Artilharia (Artillería) 1892. (*)

El álbum contiene 237 fotografías de gran resolución. Muchos de los cañones que aparecen en el álbum fueron utilizados en la Gran Guerra.

Espero que os guste.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/139425937@N06/albums

(*)- Añado que también existen otros cinco álbumes de indudable interés.

Russian 19th Armored Car Platoon. Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria, July 1916 or 1917.

 19th Armored Car Platoon

Belonging to the Russian Imperial Army (RIA)

Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria

July 1916 or 1917.
 "Ardent" was the name of the other Austin of Series 1, who completed the platoon.


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 19º Pelotón de Coches Blidados
Perteneciente al Ejército Imperial Ruso (EIR)
Tarnopol, Galicia, Austria
Julio de 1916 o 1917.
"Ardiente" era el nombre del otro Austin de la Serie 1, que completaba el pelotón.

German Eisenbahnflak 7,62-cm L/30 (russ 02) Rheinmetall, Model 1915. Photograph taken on in March 14, 1918.

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

German Eisenbahnflak 7,62-cm L/30 (russ 02) Rheinmetall, Model 1915. 

Photograph taken on in March 14, 1918.

See also the recent post:

Ver también el reciente post:

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
German Eisenbahnflak 7,62-cm L/30 (russ 02) Rheinmetall M1915.
Photograph taken on January 8, 1917.
https://armoredcars-ww-one.blogspot.com/2019/03/german-eisenbahnflak-762-cm-l30-russ-02.html

German 9-cm-Flak 'System Schaafhausen' (Anti-Aircraft Gun)

9-cm-Flak 'System Schaafhausen'

(German Anti-Aircraft Gun System, WWI)

THE GERMAN OBSOLETE FIELD ARTILLERY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, MASSIVELY CONVERTED IN ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARTILLERY (BAK / FLAK) DURING THE GREAT WAR

The nineteenth-century German field artillery, based on 9-cm caliber cannons, was left at the beginning of the war for artillery units in the reserve. The failed German victory, based on the bold and powerful offensive of August 1914, occurred on both sides, a considerable decline of modern artillery pieces. Thousands of artillery pieces were destroyed or fell into enemy hands. Hundreds of thousands of projectiles were also lost, both because of their use and because they were destroyed or captured.

Failed the forecast contemplated by both sides, an offensive war of movement, of short duration, there was the precarious stabilization of the front, which to fix and defend it forced, to both contenders, to resort to available reserves.

Both Frenchs and Germans had to resort, both for the reason stated above and for others (in the case of the French, practically lacking  of heavy artillery), to the reserves. As was the case with the Germans. And in the case of the French, resort to the artillery pieces located in fortifications, bastions and even resorted to the support of the excellent artillery of the navy.

These artillery reserves, which at first none of the contenders intended to use, had in common, in both armies, on the one hand their obsolescence and on the other the provision of a large stock of ammunition that did not have the pieces on the front.

Positioned behind the front lines and in some cases on the front line, this artillery was a relief on both sides. Both to help maintain the stability of the immense static western front, and to raise the morale of the infantry stationed there. Also, on the German side, some of these obsolete pieces were adapted to the next antiaircraft defense, of the first lines and the reserves close to them.

Later, in 1915, these obsolete pieces were gradually removed from the front line. A good part of this artillery was destined to the antiaircraft defense. So much so that the 9-cm antiaircraft artillery, in the German tables of 1918, was the one with the greatest presence at the end of the war.

First, they were used in their "standard" configuration, that is, the cannons raised by pedestals of any type, shape and material. The typical antiaircraft artillery with platforms of fortune (of greater or lesser fortune!), present on all fronts and used by all the belligerent countries.

Subsequently, applying different concepts, mechanisms and designs, at least five differentiated "Systems" were formed, the characteristics of which, as far as possible, we will describe and expose graphically in this Blog.

These "Systems" BaK (and later Flak), were based on the Krupp F.K. 73 (1873), F.K. 73/88 (1873/1888), F.K. 73/91 (1873/91). Also on the Krupp F.K. 79 (1879) and possibly other models of Krupp cannons of the same caliber. Five different "Systems" were created according to the following types:

1.) Das System Plett

2.) Der Schnetzler-Sockel

3.) Das System Wohlgemuth

4.) Das System Schaafhausen,
5.) Das System Metz

and some other minor variants.

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LA OBSOLETA ARTILLERÍA DE CAMPAÑA ALEMANA DEL SIGLO XIX, CONVERTIDA MASIVAMENTE EN ARTILLERÍA ANTIAÉREA (BAK / FLAK) DURANTE LA GRAN GUERRA

La artillería de campaña alemana del siglo XIX, basada en los cañones del calibre 9-cm quedaron, al principio de la guerra, destinados a unidades artilleras de la reserva. La fracasada victoria alemana, basada en la audaz y potente ofensiva de agosto de 1914 produjo, en ambos bando, una mengua considerable de piezas de artillería modernas. Miles de piezas de artillería resultaron destruidas o cayeron en manos de los enemigos. También se perdieron centenares de miles de proyectiles, tanto por su utilización, como por haber sido destruidos o capturados. 

Fracasada la previsión contemplada por ambos bandos de una guerra ofensiva de movimiento, y de breve duración, se produjo la precaria estabilización del frente,  que para fijarlo y defenderlo obligó, a ambos contendientes, a recurrir a las reservas disponibles. 

Tanto franceses como alemanes tuvieron que recurrir, tanto por el motivo anteriormente expuesto como por otros (en el caso de los franceses, práticamente carecían de artillería pesada), a las reservas. Como fue el caso de los alemanes. Y en el caso de los franceses, recurrir a las piezas artilleras sitas en fortificaciones, bastiones e incluso se recurrió al apoyo de la excelente artillería de la marina.

Estas reservas artilleras, que en un principio ninguno de los contendientes pensaron utilizar, tenían en común, en ambos ejércitos, de un lado su obsolescencia y del otro la disposición de una gran reserva de municiones que no disponían las piezas del frente.

Posicionadas tras las líneas del frente y en algunos casos en primera línea, esta artillería supuso un alivio en ambos bandos. Tanto para ayudar a mantener la estabilidad del inmenso estático frente occidental, como para elevar la moral de la infantería allí destinada. También, por parte alemana, algunas de estas piezas obsoletas, se adaptaron a la defensa antiaérea próxima, de las primeras líneas y las reservas próximas a ellas.

Posteriormente, en 1915, estas piezas obsoletas fueron paulatinamente retiradas de primera línea. Una buena parte de esta artillería fue destinada a la defensa antiaérea. Hasta tal punto que la artillería antiaérea de 9-cm, en las tablas alemanas de 1918, era la de mayor presencia al final de la guerra. 

Primero se utilizaron en su configuración "éstandar", es decir los cañones elevados por pedestales de cualquier tipo, forma y material. La típica artillería antiaérea con plataformas de fortuna (¡de mayor o menor fortuna!), presentes en todos los frentes y utilizada por todos los países beligerantes. 

Posteriormente, aplicando diferentes conceptos, mecanismos y diseños, se conformaron, al menos, cinco "Sistemas" diferenciados cuyas características, en la medida que sea posible iremos describiendo y exponiendo gráficamente en este Blog.

Estos "Sistemas" BaK (y posteriormente Flak), estaban basados en los cañones Krupp F.K. 73 (1873), F.K. 73/88 (1873/1888), F.K. 73/91 (1873/91). También sobre el cañón Krupp F.K. 79 (1879) y posiblemente otros modelos de cañones Krupp del mismo calibre.  Fueron creados cinco “Sistemas” diferentes conforme a los siguientes tipos:

1.) Das System Plett

2.) Der Schnetzler-Sockel

3.) Das System Wohlgemuth

4.) Das System Schaafhausen,
5.) Das System Metz

 y algunas otras variantes de menor entidad.