In response to the demands of the German Ministry of War for its own armored cars, the Büssing company presented in 1915 the prototype of the Büssing A5P, the dimensions of which put all previously known armored vehicles in the shade.
Since the company Büssing already had several years of experience in the production of trucks,...
With the arrival of German troops in Belgium at the beginning of the First World War, the infantry was completely surprised by the appearance of Belgian Minerva type armored vehicles. These vehicles were well armored and equipped with weapons and sat down the German troops beyond measure to the defense. This meant that the German...
In the course of the First World War and the realization that the German troops urgently needed armored vehicles, the War Department commissioned various companies in the Reich to develop these vehicles.
Among other things, the prototypes of the Dür car and the Treffas car were created from this invitation.
The Dür car was a prototype of...
With the outbreak of war, the high loss figures of soldiers and the increasing positional warfare on the Western Front, the German Ministry of War made it clear that armored vehicles were to be built to supply troops, to tow heavy artillery or to attack directly against enemy troops can be used.
As a result, on...
