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Coventry armoured car (AFV W.19)
Brit páncélozott harcjárművek a II. világháborúban - British Commonwealth armoured fighting vehicles of the Second World War - Militärfahrzeuge der Streitkräfte des Vereinigten Königreichs im
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Coventry armoured car. The abysmal state of French industry in the immediate post Second World War period meant that armoured vehicles such as the Coventry had to be procured from France’s allies. Available sources give the number of Coventry AVs used in Indochina at between 40 and 64. They were assigned for use by two regiments, the 1er Régiment de Chasseurs à Cheval (1er RCC) and the 5e Régiment de Cuirassiers (5e RC). When the former was transferred to operate in the Tonkin, the regiment’s Coventrys were taken over by the 5e RC. (Artwork by David Bocquelet)

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