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Mors & Peugeot Model 1915

Armored Car/Autocanon

Peugeot

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Belgium, Germany (Captured) and Russia
First Produced/Service Dates:	1915
Manufactured by:	Chassis: Societe d' Automobiles Mors & Peugeot; Construction: Carrosserie Kellner
Crew:	4
Armament:	(1) 37mm Hotchkiss Cannon and/or (1) 8mm Puteaux or 7.65mm Hotchkiss Model 1914 Machine Gun (Re-chambered for Belgian ammunition)
Engine:	4-Cylinder Gasoline (Minerva, at least for the Mors)
Miscellaneous Info:	We have combined the Mors and Peugeot Model 1915 Armored Cars into one index as they were almost identical in appearance.  The easiest way to distinguish between them is that the Mors car hoods were lower-set when compared to the driver's compartment hull armor. At the beginning of World War One, like the other belligerents, the Belgians started creating rudimentary armored cars and units (ACM: Auto-Cannon Machine Gun Groups) for the conflict.  In this case, the Mors 28/35 and Peugeot 40 CV automobile chassis were used to create the respective Model 1915 Armored Cars (also referred to as the Auto-Canon). The Belgians contracted French firms to build the vehicles with approximately a dozen produced. The Mors cars were fairly consistent throughout their life, but the Peugeot cars were initially armored with a double-hull. The double hull armor consisted of two (2) 3mm Nickel plates with glass wool compacted in-between.  Not only was the armor less effective than the typical armor already used on other Belgian cars, but it was heavier. These cars can be identified by the lack of front armor for the driver compartment and engine. These vehicles were either relegated to training and/or had their armor replaced by the standard Belgian single plate armor. Like the British, once the Western-Front became a static battlefield, the Belgians also sent units to the Russian Front which were equipped with armored cars, including the Mors and Peugeots. Some of these cars were also used by the Russians.  In fact, the Germans captured at least one Peugeot car and it was used post-war by the Freikorps.
Data Sheet Available:	Mors Model 1915 Armored Car Datasheet (via the Dave Haugh Collection)

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Mors Model 1915 Armored Car Photos	U.S. Library of Congress
Peugeot Model 1915 (Early with Double-Armor) Armored Car Photos	U.S. Library of Congress
Peugeot Model 1915 Armored Car Photos	U.S. Library of Congress
Peugeot Model 1915 Armored Car Photos (German)	German Bundesarchiv

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