Cavalrymen of the 5e Régiment de Cuirassiers photographed at Pointoise near Paris in 1931. A shielded 37mm mle 1916 TRP infantry gun occupies the center of the photo, flanked by a pair of Hotchkiss mle 1914 machine guns.

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Wonderful photos of a Citroën Rosalie 10A "Toroedo" near Deir Ezzor, Syria, 14 June 1939.

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White-Laffly AM 50s of the 5e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique during maneuvers near Ksar El Boukhari, Algeria in 1935.

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1934: FTs and crews of the 506e Régiment de Chars de Combat during exercises at the Camp de Valdahon. Machine gun and cannon-armed tanks, as well as TSF command vehicles (in #2).

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Laffly AM 50s of the 4e Régiment de Chasseurs d'Afrique on parade.

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A White-Saurer-CAT armored car in #Morocco, 1930s. The Compagnie Africaine de Transport (CAT) had an arrangement with the army, and built armored convoy escorts based on Saurer trucks. After 1932, armor from worn-out White TBCs were fitted to Saurer 5AD chassis.

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1926: Renault FTs of the 521e Régiment de Chars de Combat in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Great Syrian Revolt.

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The 62nd African Artillery Regiment (62e RAA) on parade in Tunisia, August 1935. 75mm mle 1897 field guns carried portée-style by 3.5t Renault YFAC trucks. Photo from the newspaper l'Afrique du Nord Illustrée.

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Peugeot T3 artillery tractor of the 258e Régiment d'Artillerie Coloniale Portée (258e RACP) at the Camp de Mailly in 1919.

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White TBC armored car 🇫🇷 15 056 photographed in Colmar, Haut-Rhin Department in 1925.

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Two images of what looks like a Citroën P 20 C armored half-track in this 14 June 1936 edition of Le Petit Journal Illustré. Somewhat peculiar, because as far as I'm aware this prototype was tested in Morocco in 1930 and never pursued further.

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1919: General Franchet d'Esperey in Bucharest, Romania. In #2 & #3 he reviews a French contingent in the company of Gen. Berthelot.

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1919: A French convoy passes through the Kresna Gorge in Bulgaria. French and British troops deployed on the Salonika Front during WWI participated in the occupation of Bulgaria after the war. Note crescent moon and anchor insignia on the nearest truck.

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1920s: A Régiment d'Artillerie Portée at the Camp de Sissonne, 75mm mle 1897 field guns carried by Berliet CBA 4 ton trucks.

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Further photos of French troops in Odessa, Ukraine, early 1919, during the Russian Civil War.

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Renault FT tanks in Odessa, Ukraine, during the allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. The city was occupied by French and Greek troops from December 1918 to April 1919.

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Berliet VUDB armored cars in North Africa during the 1930s. Immatriculation number 🇫🇷85 572 visible in #1. These were trucks with an armored casemate, with an FM 24 fired through the firing ports. A low-tech solution to the need for armor in tough environments.

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