Like most of the armoured cars of the period they were developed from armoured bodies fitted to commercially available large car or truck chassis, in this case those from
Renault, and armed with a machine gun or relatively small calibre gun.
Variants
Renault 1914 armoured car (automitrailleuse).
Renault modele 1914 automitrailleuse
Renault 18
hp chassis with 95/160 engine. The first 100 were extemporised but a standard armoured body form followed with a machine gun at the rear. Together with twin rear tyres this formed the Modele 1915 variant.
Renault Mle 1915 armoured car (automitrailleuse).
Renault autocanon
The same Renault chassis and armoured body as the Mle 1915 but with a 37mm gun protected by a shield.
Renault autoblindee
Renault AM with guns removed and used as unarmed transports. Some early AM had been fitted with single
8 mm LebelSt Étienne 1907 light machine gun for use as mobile anti-aircraft weapons. They had proved not to be effective in this role and were disarmed.
Crow, Duncan, Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World: A.F.V.'s of World War One v. 1, Profile 1970
ISBN978-0853830009
Forty, George; Livesey, Jack, The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Anness Publishing Ltd. p. 364. London 2006
ISBN978-0754833512
Gougaud, Alain, L'aube de la gloire: les autos mitrailleuses et les chars français pendant la Grande Guerre, histoire technique et militaire, arme blindée, cavalerie, chars, Musée des blindés. Société OCEBUR 1987
ISBN9782904255021
Hogg, Ian V.; Weeks, John, The illustrated encyclopedia of military vehicles, New Burlington Books. p. 182, London 1980
ISBN0-90628-675-1
Like most of the armoured cars of the period they were developed from armoured bodies fitted to commercially available large car or truck chassis, in this case those from
Renault, and armed with a machine gun or relatively small calibre gun.
Variants
Renault 1914 armoured car (automitrailleuse).
Renault modele 1914 automitrailleuse
Renault 18
hp chassis with 95/160 engine. The first 100 were extemporised but a standard armoured body form followed with a machine gun at the rear. Together with twin rear tyres this formed the Modele 1915 variant.
Renault Mle 1915 armoured car (automitrailleuse).
Renault autocanon
The same Renault chassis and armoured body as the Mle 1915 but with a 37mm gun protected by a shield.
Renault autoblindee
Renault AM with guns removed and used as unarmed transports. Some early AM had been fitted with single
8 mm LebelSt Étienne 1907 light machine gun for use as mobile anti-aircraft weapons. They had proved not to be effective in this role and were disarmed.
Crow, Duncan, Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World: A.F.V.'s of World War One v. 1, Profile 1970
ISBN978-0853830009
Forty, George; Livesey, Jack, The World Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Anness Publishing Ltd. p. 364. London 2006
ISBN978-0754833512
Gougaud, Alain, L'aube de la gloire: les autos mitrailleuses et les chars français pendant la Grande Guerre, histoire technique et militaire, arme blindée, cavalerie, chars, Musée des blindés. Société OCEBUR 1987
ISBN9782904255021
Hogg, Ian V.; Weeks, John, The illustrated encyclopedia of military vehicles, New Burlington Books. p. 182, London 1980
ISBN0-90628-675-1