Alternatively, civilian vehicles may be modified into improvised armored cars in ad hoc fashion. Many militias and irregular forces adapt civilian vehicles into AFVs armored fighting vehicles and troop carriers, and in some regional conflicts these "technicals" are the only combat vehicles present. On occasion, even the soldiers of national militaries are forced to adapt their civilian-type vehicles for combat use, often using improvised armor and scrounged weapons. Polish AMZ Zubr.
Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Project maintenance. Register Don't have an account? Armored car military. Edit source History Talk 0. See also: List of military armored cars. Guinness Superlatives Limited. ISBN Sir Richard The Cheshire Earl of Chester's Yeomanry.
Birkenhead: Willmer Bros. Among the latter are notes concerning the royal residence of Francois I at Romarantin France. Most of the pages can be dated to between and The problem arising from Leonardo da Vinci's toothed-wheels and pinions design is surprising mostly in part due to its transparence and simplicity. Leonardo da Vinci designed the armored car in the year , under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. The postulation that da Vinci at this somewhat early stage of his career may not have a solid grasp of gear mechanics is somewhat validated by his Madrid Codices' prevalence of studies on the continuous rotary force of toothed wheels.
The concept had been alive for centuries, but it was only in that a workable version, powered by an internal-combustion engine and driven on a continuous linked tread instead of wheels, gave the machine the ability to crawl over any terrain, carrying soldiers and heavy weapons with relative safety into the thick of the fighting. That ability has made this invention decisive in land battles for a century and has been sometimes useful for tyrants keen on suppressing dissent.
In the tank is still useful but is now more vulnerable to newly designed and highly sophisticated anti-tank weapons. Were they only a preposterous joke or were they a serious contribution to modern warfare? But the article also contains a very neat summation of the value of armored, tracked, heavily armed vehicles:.
The photograph was taken by Lieut. This method of deceptive coloring, by the way, is by no means new, but has been extensively applied to field guns and other exposed objects in the field. It is available for purchase at www.
Dan Schlenoff was a contributing editor at Scientific American and edited the 50, and Years Ago column for one seventh of the magazine's history. Credit: Nick Higgins. International Armoring Corporation since has worked on over 8, armored vehicles supporting thousands of satisfied clients in their history. Today we wanted to dig a little deeper into the history of armored cars.
The idea of an armored vehicle predates the invention of the internal combustion engine 1. Even the history famous Leonardo da Vinci had drawings of various transportation units that used armor plating in see image. Here you can see a Belgian armored car used during World War I that was also equipped with weapons and used occasionally during attacks.
Also the Germans were known to have used enormous armored military tractors to haul military supplies and other heavy artillery.
Even Presidents of the United States of America started having additional protection while traveling. See an article about that here.
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