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AllegianceRole in WW2Armoured Cars
1 x Sheffield-Simplex armored car ("Imanta.") 1 x Austin M1915 armored car ("Zemgaleetis.") 1 x Izhorski-Fiat armored car ("Staburags.") 1 x Pierce-Arrow armored car ("Viesturs.") 1 x Pierce-Arrow armored car captured from Bermondtists? ("Titanic") 2 x Putilov-Garford M1916 armored cars ("Kurzemnieks") ("Lacplesis." - Destroyed by Germans in 1919). 2 x Krupp Geschutzwagen 14 ("Max" and "Moritz") 1 x Fiat-chassis armored car ("Sargs.") Tanks Mk V Composite When General Judenitsj's White Russian army offensive on Petrograd failed (see Estonia), Estonia kept four British Mk V Composite tanks and Latvia got two. In late 1919 Latvia obtained another Mk V Composite and two Medium B tanks.The vehicles had the following nick names applied to them: Mk V Composite "Minstr. Pres. Ulmanis." Mk V Composite "Generalis Balodis." Mk V Composite "Generalis Burt's." Medium B In late 1919 Latvia obtained another Mk V Composite and two Medium B tanks. Medium Mk B "Latgalietis." Medium Mk B "Vidzemnieks." Fiat 3000 In 1926 Latvia ordered six Italian Fiat 3000. They were delivered in September 1927 and were stationed in Riga. Carden Lloyd Mk VI The Latvian national home guard bought single tankette in 1930. Vickers 4ton M1936 Eighteen Vickers 4-ton tanks were purchased 1935. Twelve were MG-armed M1936 and six were cannon-armed M1937. M1936 were delivered in 1936, while the cannon-armed tanks were not delivered until 1938. A single M1937 survived the Soviet takeover of 1940 and the "Great Patriotic War" (WW2). Today it is resting at Kubinka tank museum where a sign tells that it's a "Latvian export tank". Krupp-Protze Latvia bought 32 Krupp-Protze in the 1930s. Ford Vairogs V8 35 Ford-Vairogs V8 were built in 1930s and armed with single AA-gun. Probably they were also used for transporting Vickers tankettes. Armed Forces Airforce Latvia SS Foreign Volunteers and Conscripts |
