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Need help identifying German armored car, 1919

July 2 2009 at 2:26 PM		   (Login Szynka545)
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I'm having trouble figuring out what kind of armored car this is in this photo:

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It's from a book on the Upper Silesia plebiscite after World War One. It might be from one of the Freikorps; I think I can see a skull and crossbones on the side. I'm not even sure where the photo was taken. I can't make out the name of the town in the caption. I thought it was Bogucin but the German name was Friedrichsau. Any help appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Jeff

 
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Rainer Strasheim
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July 2 2009, 11:27 PM 

It's one of the makeshift armoured cars, which came into service in early 1919. Based on a comercial 3 or 4 ton truck chassis at least 30 of these vehicles had been ordered.
This one looks pretty much standard.
The place name is Bogutschütz, which is a suburb of Kattowitz.

 
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