Samochód pancerny wz. 34

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Samochód pancerny wz. 34 ("armored car 1934 pattern"), was a standard light armored car used by the Polish Army during the September Campaign of 1939.

The original half track vehicle was based on the earlier samochód pancerny wz. 28 and it entered service in 1928. The original vehicle proved to be unpopular with its crews who were unhappy with its handling, low maximum speed as well as poor cross-country capabilities and it was decided to rebuild it as a wheeled vehicle. The new version of the armored car entered service in 1934.

Replica of armoured car 34 based on construction of GAZ 69

The cars were build in a number of versions with different engines and slightly different armored plates. They were armed with either Polish-build version of Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun (karabin maszynowy Hotchkiss wz.25) or short-barreled 37 mm SA-18 Puteaux gun.

By 1939 at the outbreak of the Second the car was obsolete but was still in use by some reconnaissance units.

Tanks	Armoured cars
Polish armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
7TP \| FT-17 \| R 35 \| TK-3 \| TKS \| Vickers E	wz.28 \| wz. 34 \| wz. 29
Artillery tractors	Cars and Lorries
C2P \| C4P \| C7P \| PZInż 302	PF 508 \| PF 518 \| PF 508/518 \| Ursus A \| PF 621 \| PF 618 \| wz. 34
Armoured trains
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Prototypes and experimental designs
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