Laffly was a French manufacturer of trucks and utility vehicles. Founded in 1849, the Laffly company began manufacturing utility vehicles in Billancourt in 1912. From the mid-1930s and until

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, the company also manufactured a range of offroad military vehicles such as the

Laffly S15 The Laffly S15 was a family of all-terrain military vehicles from French manufacturer Laffly that shared the same six-wheel drive chassis. They were used by French forces during World War II. Variants * The Laffly S15T was a light artillery tra ...

and

Laffly V15 The Laffly V15T was a French light 4WD artillery tractor used during World War II. It was used to tow the 25 mm SA anti-tank gun. A personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle based on the same chassis was designated as V15R. The Laffly company ...

. Probably best remembered today for its

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s, the Laffly company closed shop during the early 1950s.

Sources

* https://web.archive.org/web/20070407141804/http://www.bernistrucks.fr/actualite/actu_0305.php

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080112140803/http://amispfbleau.club.fr/psftb.htm Laffly 1937 firetruck * https://web.archive.org/web/20061124114209/http://musee-pompiers.asso.fr/fiches/vehicules-h006.htm Laffly 1939 firetruck Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France Truck manufacturers of France Vintage vehicles