Garford armoured car

Garford Putilov in Freikorps use.

Garford armoured car-Russian armored car of World War I vintage. Build around the frame of the american lorry "garford". Althouth it was considerd to a rugged and reliable weapon by its users it was severaly underpowered having only a 30 hp. engine which gave it top speed of about 10-11 miles in hour. It was also overloaded and therefore had a very limited (if any) off road capability. Beside countries that emergerged from the ruins of the old Russian Empire It was used by Germans who had capture severeal of them and put them to some use in the end of the World War One.