Junovicz

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1915-1921) Armored Car – 5-7 Built The Junovicz was the most-widely produced armored car in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War, although this does not imply much, as just seven (or five) were built. The vehicle was named after its designer, Lieutenant Junovicz, who explored the idea of a universal armored …

Roy / Lzarnopyski Infantry Fort

United States of America/Austro-Hungarian Empire (1919) Infantry Fort – None Built World War One was, by 1918, the largest and most costly war in terms of lives in the history of mankind. Starting in 1914, the war finally ended officially in June 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, although, with the signing …

Romfell

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1915-1919) Armored Car – 1 Built Before the First World War broke out in 1914, the Austro-Hungarian War Ministry had been offered several designs of armored vehicles, but all were declined. The Army did not even have armored trains in use when war was declared on Serbia in late July 1914. As the …

Franz Wimmer Panzerautomobil

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1913) Armored Car – 1 Prototype Built In 1913, just a year before World War I broke out, an armored car was built in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, designed by an artillery officer named Franz Wimmer. Although a patent has survived, as well as some scarce reports in contemporary newspapers, further documentation, including photographs, …

Kempny’s Armored Automobile

Austro-Hungarian Empire/United States of America (1916-1918) Armored Car – Blueprints Only World War One had started much along the lines of previous wars. Political saber-rattling, followed by posturing, declaration of war and mobilization. Despite the growth in industrial potential across Europe at the turn of the century and the perfection of the machine gun as …

Burstyn Motorgeschütz

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1911) Tank Design – Concept Only “The claim that the Kampfwagen is an English invention – the term ‘tank’ should be avoided, being a foreign word and technically incorrect, – appears in the various newspapers and journals. This claim is completely wrong. The Kampfwagen, which is no more than an armored and equipped …

Austro-Daimler Panzerautomobil

Austro-Hungarian Empire (1905-1907) Armored Car – 1 Built The Austro-Daimler Panzerautomobil, along with the French Charron, can be considered to be the first ‘modern’ armored cars. With first development already starting in 1904 by graduate engineer Paul Daimler, the vehicle was built in 1905 and had four-wheel drive -revolutionary for its time. Together with a …

Gonsior, Opp, and Frank War Automobile

Austro-Hungarian Empire/United States of America (1916) Armored Car – Blueprints Only North Dakota might not be the most populous or wealthiest state in America but, in 1916, it did produce a turreted armor car design courtesy of three Austro-Hungarians living there. At that time, the United States had not even entered the war, so the …