The Charron, Girardot et Voigt 1902 was a French
armoured car (French: ''Automitrailleuse blindée'') developed in 1902 by the company
Charron, Girardot et Voigt
Automobiles Charron, Girardot & Voigt SA (trade mark C.G.V.) was a French motor manufacturer founded by the racing cyclists and motorists Fernand Charron, Léonce Girardot and Émile Voigt.
History
They opened one of the first French car ...
. It was equipped with a
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machine gun, and with 7 mm armour for the gunner.
The first fully armoured car was designed by the Georgian engineer Mikheil Nakashidze. His design for a machine gun armed vehicle with 4-8mm of armour, combat weight of 3,000 kg, and a road speed of 50 km/hour was accepted by the Russian War Ministry for service with the Russian Army. However, as no Russian plant was considered capable of producing the vehicle, manufacture was subcontracted to the French company Charron, Girardot et Voigt.
The new machine was presented at the ''Salon de l'Automobile et du cycle'' in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, starting 8 March 1902.
[Gougaud, p.11]
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See also
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History of the tank
Notes
References
* Alain Gougaud ''L'Aube de la Gloire, Les Autos-Mitrailleuses et les Chars Français pendant la Grande Guerre'', 1987, Musée des Blindés,
Armoured cars of France
Military vehicles introduced in the 1900s
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