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BASE MODELFrance

AMC Schneider P16 (1928–31)

The French cavalry’s armoured half-track of the 1930s: a Citroën-Kégresse design with a Panhard sleeve-valve four of 3,178 cc and 60 hp, a 37 mm SA 18 gun and a 7.5 mm Reibel machine gun, 6.8 tonnes, three crew. Citroën delivered four P16 prototypes in 1928; Schneider built the production cars. 100 were made.

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Sources & evidence
MODEL LINEKégresse armoured carsBUILT BYCitroën, Schneider et Cie, Le CreusotPRODUCED1928–31OPERATED INFrance, TunisiaPRODUCTION100LAYOUT2 wheels

The record

The army ordered 100 in 1925, and Citroën passed the order to Schneider & Cie at Le Creusot early in 1926; the production cars were accepted in 1931–32. The gendarmerie used fourteen from 1934 to 1937, which were then sent to North Africa and fought for the last time in Tunisia. In May 1940 most of those with the infantry divisions’ reconnaissance groups were abandoned after breaking down; none survives.

Specification

MANUFACTURERCitroën ↗, Schneider et Cie, Le Creusot ↗
on a Citroën-Kégresse design
MANUFACTURED1928–31
ENGINEPanhard sleeve-valve four, 3,178 cc, 60 hpPanhard sleeve-valve four (AMC P16)
PRODUCTION RUN100
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance, Tunisia
STATUSout of service; none preserved
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEKégresse armoured cars
FAMILYKégresse armoured cars
WHEELS2
BODY STYLEArmoured car
VARIANTS1

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Sources

  1. 1AMC Schneider P 16 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Les autochenilles Kégresse (Pascal Honegger, 2015) ↗Krybebåndssocietetet (kegresse.dk) · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched