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Delivery had to be madeįrom London or Southampton to Tandjonk Priok, the port of Batavia in Green outside and bright stone on the inside. Ammunition was 500 rounds 12.7 mm and 6ĭrums with each 225 rounds 6.5 mm. They had the followingĭesignations in the KNIL : Inf.M.30 Paw for the Colt and Inf.M.23 another 6.5 mm Vickers carried loose (the book Nederlandse Vuurwapens KNIL en Militaire Luchtvaart 1897-1942 states that a simple mount for this MG was provided on the side of the car for AA defence).
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a 6.5 mm watercooled Vickers on the left of the driver a 12.7 mm Colt-Browning MG in the turret The vehicle was designated Armoured Car, Type Straussler A.C.III. The price for a completelyĮquipped vehicle amounted to 4,570.00 Pounds, or 54,840.00 Pounds forġ2. TheĬontract was signed between the Minister of State - Minister of theĬolonies and Alvis-Straussler Ltd. Part of this documentation can still beĪfter the Straussler vehicle was chosen, several more visits toĪlvis-Straussler were made in England in August and September 1936. *** other designation given in several sources TK-5ĭemonstration of some of these vehicles may have taken place whileĮvaluation of others was probably done on the basis on documentation ** I have not found any information about C.K.D. The name and types are those quoted in the Dutch report.
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Wilton-Fijenoord project on a Ford chassis. Vickers Crossley 6-wheel light and medium cars, Several other vehicles had been at least taken in consideration : The correspondence conserved in the Dutch archives also proves that Service in the early WW2 campaigns of the Wehrmacht. The German proposal from the Deutsche Werke of Kiel originatedįrom Büssing-NAG and became later better know as the Kfz.67 and saw Not began before the "Anschluß" in 1938 and was then stopped by the The production of the 11 vehicles ordered in 1935īy the Austrian Ministry for Home Defence from Steyr-Daimler-Puch did
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It is not know if the AustrianĪDKZ armoured car was tested as its first trials in Austria took placeĪt the end of June 1936 (as quoted in Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer des österreischischen Heeres 1896 bis heuteīy W. Rapport was probably false as the 2 companies linked only in 1937 and Straussler were still 2 different companies and the name given in the The vehicle chosen was the Straussler one. (final rapport of the Commission for the Procurement of Armoured Carsįor the KNIL) dated 14th July 1936, mentions 3 vehicles which had beenĪlvis-Straussler Mechanisation armoured car, The Eindrapport Commissie voor de aanschaffing van Pantserwagens ten behoeve van de KNIL This company was to become the partner of Straussler On MayĢ6th, Dutch officials made a visit to the Alvis Car and Engineering Co That a demonstration had already been made in December 1935. Of them on May 25th 1936 on a place near London. Trials with the vehicles took place at different dates in England, one Theĭutch authorities asked for specifications of Straussler armoured cars. Representative for Straussler Mechanisation in the Netherlands. It is probable that this company was acting as a (Dutch Colonial Office - Indies Affairs Board) took place in Februaryġ936 through the intermediary of the Dutch trade company Merrem & : sloping hull sides and a hull machine gun position on the front leftĪccording to a file from the Dutch National Archives, the first contact between the Ministerie van Kolonien - Commissariat van Indische Zaken
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There were some differences between the R.A.F. The prototypes were builtīy Straussler Mechanisation Ltd and the production A.C.3s by a newĬompany, Alvis-Straussler Ltd. While the A.C.1 and A.C.2 were both prototypes, the model A.C.3īecame the first operational vehicle in 1937. The history and development of the Alvis-Straussler armoured cars have been covered in detail in several publications ( AFV/Weapon Profile 30, Wheels & Tracks 36 to 39, NEI for trials in 1934, but was found unsatisfactory and was shippedīack to the Netherlands (for more detail, see the article in Tankette Vol.16 N.1 and the book Nederlandse Pantservoertuigen). 3 armoured cars were ordered in 1933 from the Dok- en Werf-Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenord,Ī Dutch dockyard in Schiedam near Rotterdam. The Royal Dutch Indies Army, Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger in Dutch (KNIL), had a first experience with armoured cars in 1934.
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