Ehrhardt E-V/4 1917
When it was decided in late 1916 to form further German armoured car units a production order for new cars was given to the Ehrhardt firm alone because both Daimler and Büssing were fully engaged with other war work.
The first twelve Ehrhardt armoured cars built in 1917 were used to create Panzer Kraftwagen MG Züge 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 – smaller units than the first experimental one, each equipped with two armoured cars and supporting transport. Twenty more Ehrhardt armoured cars were ordered later in 1917………..
Ehrhardts were also used by both German and Polish fighters in the so called Silesian Uprisings, which was a series of military insurrections during the years 1919-1921, by Polish people in the Upper Silesia region against the Germans, in order to force them out the region and join it with Poland. (Two of the Polish Ehrhardts were taken in combat, but it is possible that some Ehrhardts also were given to the Polish by the French, either handed over by the Germans following the armistice or actually confiscated by the Allied Military Control Commission.) The majority of Polish Armored Cars were left in the paint scheme of their former owners, i.e. Feldgrau, but renamed, and with a red/white shield added. For more info on this click here.
