RUS - Benz

бронеавтомобиль-дрезина Бенц
Armored car Benz


In 1911 he was for the need for protection of the Amur railway by the st. petersburg branch of the company Benz ordered tkzv. "armored bus", with the option of driving along the tracks.
The vehicle included in the price of 11 500 rubles was delivered in August 1912 to the Chabarovska. Its weight amounted to 1 920 kg and powered is the a gasoline twin cylinder power of 35-40 HP. Six-member crew, armed with three machine guns (one in turret and two in the side střílnách) cover the armor with a thickness of 4.5 mm.





Source
Kolomiec M., Baratinskij M.: Broněavtomobili Ruskoj Armii 1906-1917, the Technique molodeži, Moscow 2000
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RUS - Benz - OA Benz
Omsk, 1918

OA Benz
Omsk, 1918

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According to other information (from the other end) was an automobile (chassis with engine parts) made probably in Germany and in a factory Gaggenau and the Russian side taken to armouring in st Petersburg, or have already armoured in Khabarovsk, because:
1. In 1909 produced the company only in Mannheim-Waldhof (from 1907) and in an old factory in Mannheim-Waldhofstraße.
2. After the 1909 built a new factory in Waldhofu and bought the "Sueddeutsche Automotive GmbH" in Gaggenau.
3. Commercial vehicles was after that manufactured in Gaggenau, personal in the new and industrial and marine engines in an old factory in Mannheim.
4. Around the year 1911 the company had Süddeutsche Automobil-Fabrik Gaggenau and Benz & Cie. around 50 sales branches in the world, but no production.


Resources
http://media.daimler.com/
http://www.emercedesbenz.com/
http://de.wikipedia.org/.
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