| QUOTE | CKD TN SPE-34 \ TN SPE-37 Light Armored Car
Armored Car TN SPE-34 was created by order of the Romanian Police, who needed light armored vehicles that could be used in urban areas against the demonstrators. The firm CKD in 1934 suggested to Romania to use an armored car, based on the conventional chassis truck Praga TN already in production. Armoured protection of the car was only partial. The engine and fighting compartment are sheathed armored plates 4 mm thick, single tower had a thickness of 8 mm of armor. The remaining part of the armored car had no protection. Armament consisted of one armored car 7.92-mm machine gun ZB vz.26 placed in the tower. Three vehicles were produced.
In 1937 he was issued an improved modification, referred to as TN SPE-37. It differed only in the form of the body and a more powerful engine. Total built one prototype and four vehicles of this modification.
Seven armored TN SPE-34 and TN SPE-37 were supplied for the needs of the Romanian Gendarmerie. In 1940, they were actively used to maintain order in Bucharest and other cities. Most of the machines CKD TN SPE survived the war and was written off only in the late 1940s. |
Source: http://www.aviarmor.net/tww2/armored_cars/chech/tnspe.htm
Do anyone know the gendarmerie units that used these armored cars? Because I don't think that only one unit from Bucharest used it, as it is well known a photo of such a car in frot of the Chestura Politiei Timisoara. |