The vehicle was based on the earlier half-tracksamochód pancerny wz. 28, which entered service in 1928. The original vehicle proved to be unpopular with its crews who were unhappy with its handling, low maximum speed, as well as poor cross-country capabilities,[1] and it was decided to rebuild it as a wheeled vehicle.[2] The tracks were replaced by the rear axle from Fiat trucks.[3]
The cars were built in a number of versions with different engines and slightly different armored plates. They were armed with either 7.92 mm Ckm wz. 25 Hotchkiss machine gun or the short-barreled 37 mm Puteaux SA 18 gun.[2] Production ended in 1938.[3]
Wz 34-II: version with a 25 hp engine and other improvements. Most produced version.[3]
Service
The new version of the armored car was accepted for service in 1935.[2] By 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War, the car was obsolete but was still in use. All Polish cavalry brigades had organic armored company made of 8 armored cars and 13 tankettes. In 10 out of 11 Polish cavalry brigades, the very armored car, wz.34, had been used.[4] They saw action against both the Germans and the Soviets.[5]
samochód, pancerny, armored, year, 1934, model, standard, light, armored, used, polish, army, during, september, campaign, 1939, replica, armoured, 34typearmored, carplace, originpolandservice, historywarsworld, iiproduction, historydesigned1928produced1934, 1. Samochod pancerny wz 34 armored car year 1934 model was a standard light armored car used by the Polish Army during the September Campaign of 1939 Samochod pancerny wz 34Replica of armoured car 34TypeArmored carPlace of originPolandService historyWarsWorld War IIProduction historyDesigned1928Produced1934 1938SpecificationsMass2 2 tLength3 62 mWidth1 91 mHeight2 20 mCrew2Armor6 8 mmMainarmament7 92 mm wz 25 Hotchkiss machine gun or 37 mm SA 18 Puteaux gunEnginegasoline20 hpSuspensionwheelsOperationalrange250 kmMaximum speed54 km h Contents 1 Design 1 1 Versions 2 Service 3 References 4 External linksDesign EditThe vehicle was based on the earlier half track samochod pancerny wz 28 which entered service in 1928 The original vehicle proved to be unpopular with its crews who were unhappy with its handling low maximum speed as well as poor cross country capabilities 1 and it was decided to rebuild it as a wheeled vehicle 2 The tracks were replaced by the rear axle from Fiat trucks 3 The cars were built in a number of versions with different engines and slightly different armored plates They were armed with either 7 92 mm Ckm wz 25 Hotchkiss machine gun or the short barreled 37 mm Puteaux SA 18 gun 2 Production ended in 1938 3 Versions Edit Wz 34 original version 3 Wz 34 I version with a 23 hp engine 3 Wz 34 II version with a 25 hp engine and other improvements Most produced version 3 Service EditThe new version of the armored car was accepted for service in 1935 2 By 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War the car was obsolete but was still in use All Polish cavalry brigades had organic armored company made of 8 armored cars and 13 tankettes In 10 out of 11 Polish cavalry brigades the very armored car wz 34 had been used 4 They saw action against both the Germans and the Soviets 5 Some wz 34 captured by the Germans were handed over to the Independent State of Croatia 6 References Edit Prenatt 2015 p 32 a b c Prenatt 2015 p 36 a b c d e Prenatt 2015 p 38 Prenatt 2015 p 6 Prenatt 2015 p 39 Mahe Yann April 2011 Le Blindorama La Croatie 1941 1945 Batailles amp Blindes in French No 42 Caraktere pp 4 7 ISSN 1765 0828 Prenatt Jamie 2015 Polish Armor of the Blitzkrieg New Vanguard 224 Osprey Publishing ISBN 9781472808240 External links EditWz 34 armoured car at Polish Armour 1918 1939 website This military vehicle article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samochod pancerny wz 34 amp oldid 1009671580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
