Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Opponents for the Duchy of Volare-Cantare...

I have been thinking about opponents for the Duchy of Volare- Cantare this morning.One idea was to use my 18th Century opponents for my imagination -The Imperium aka the Austria/Austro -Hungarian Empire. In my imagined 1930s where Germany is still petty states and/or North and South power blocks I feel that Austria may well have survived in one form or another. So I looked around for inspiration in the form of footage of the Austrain Army in the interwar years-
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/austrian-tanks-at-manoeuvres

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/austrian-army-manoeuvres

I was especially taken with the light tanks and odd looking armoured cars,that seem to be able to be driven in both directions-can anyone identify them for me?
Do have a look and let me know what you think...



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1 comment:

  1. Robert (Bob) Cordery2 October 2013 at 18:01

    Tradgardmastare,

    The armoured cars are Steyr ADGZs. The Austrian Army had 12 and 15 were used by the police.

    The Austrians also used Austro-Daimler ADMKs, which were wheeled/tracked Reconnaissance Vehicles..

    All the best,

    Bob

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