An Autoblinda Armoured Car.
This was photographed at an Italian army show and tell in Rome last week. An Autoblinda 41 armoured car, it was used mainly in the North African campaign and mounted a 2omm cannon and a pair of 8mm machine guns. It also had the unusual feature of having two steering wheels, allowing it to be driven out of trouble as quickly as it was driven in to it. I think the Hun Puma Armoured Car had the same facility.
Enough of this undignified Second World War nonsense, I shall return to the more civilized Horse & Musket presently.
"it was used mainly in the North African campaign" "I think the Hun Puma Armoured Car had the same facility"
ReplyDeleteIt was also used extensively by 'the Hun' as a railway guard and on anti-partisan duties in Yugoslavia and Russia, who thought it was the only A/C in the world as good as theirs!!!