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James H


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Stumbled across this:

http://beninois.free.fr/archer.php

A most interesting chap. IIRC he complained bitterly after the War that his armoured car was far superior to the Tanks that were employed and that the conflict would have been over much sooner if his vehicle had been used instead.


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MTorrent


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Interesting story! Thanks!

It is nice to know more about these rarities, eventhough I doubt a bit that his car could have been a war winning machine.

All in all, there seems to be little information about French armoured cars...

Any good succestions?



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James H


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Why, Landships, of course!

Or B.T. White is pretty good. See picture. Some available on Amazon fairly cheaply:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tanks-Armored-Fighting-Vehicles-1900-1918/dp/0026265400

Some editions of GBM have carried articles specifically on French armoured cars. Available from Histoire et Collections.

M. Archer's armoured car is often included in accounts of early French Tank experiments because it was intended as (or M Archer claimed it was) an off-road vehicle. He also had the right idea to some extent in that he recognised the value of high-trajectory fire in trench warfare and so designed it to carry a mortar or howitzer. But it couldn't operate on broken gound and was equipped with bridging girders for trench crossing.

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James H wrote:

Some editions of GBM have carried articles specifically on French armoured cars. Available from Histoire et Collections.

That's right - there is a great, 3-part article on French armoured cars of the Great War in issues 90, 91 and 93. Unfortunately I don't know French, but photos and illustrations are superb. Generally GBM is probably the best military magazine I've ever seen, I dream of a version in English.

I agree that there is a lack of good, detailed book in English describing WW1 French armoured cars and their use. Maybe Osprey will publish such a book some day?

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