Eaglemoss – AMC Schneider P16 (M29) , 1ére GRDI Mettet (Belgium) – 1940

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-sběratelský model vojenské techniky AMC Schneider P16   1/43

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            AMC Schneider P16

The AMC Schneider P 16, also known as the AMC Citroën-Kégresse Modèle 1929 or the Panhard-Schneider P16, was a half-track that was designed for the French Army before World War II.

Citröen, the French car manufacturer, worked with the Russian engineer Adolphe Kegresse after the war, conceiving several half-tracked vehicles with outstanding mobility and speed for the time. The Kegresse suspension, featuring a unique solution of fully rubberized metal tracks, was also thought to be an ideal solution for the cavalry, since law forbade this corps from using tanks since 1922. The denomination itself, AMC, for “Auto Mitrailleuse de Combat” (“Combat Armored Car”) was a disguise for its purpose. Citröen devised a military model derived from its successful 10cv P4T. This gave birth to a contract for a small series, the M23 (or “Modèle 1923”). These first 16 units were far from perfect and would ultimately be replaced by a improved model, the P16.

The pre-series vehicles get the company designation Modèle 1928 or M 28 after the year they were delivered; the production vehicles are likewise named Modèle 1929 or M 29, though the actual delivery was in 1930 and 1931. The official name however, assigned in 1931, is the AMC Schneider P 16.

In the Groupes de Reconnaissance de Division d’Infantrie, the reconnaissance units, provided by the Cavalry, of the motorised infantry divisions: 1er GRDI, 3e GRDI, 4e GRDI, 6e GRDI and 7e GRDI each had during the Battle of France.