“The Škoda PA-II (Panzerwagen II) featured rounded armor plate which earned it the nickname “Tortoise”. Production started in 1923, with 12 units ordered. Vienna’s police force purchased three vehicles in 1927, and the remaining nine vehicles were purchased by the Czech police force in 1937. The Germans took over the PA-IIs when they annexed Czechoslovakia in 1939, and used them as armored radio vehicles.”
One of the many vehicles Germany acquired when they were given Czechoslovakia. The Czechs had a first class army, though small, and would have been a valuable ally to France and England in ’38 if the war would have been fought then.
They look like Dalekmobiles.
Awesome.
That last one is was taken in New York City :p
Strangely, a very attractive looking tank. I did a story on the military vehicles I encountered on a trip to Normandy, amazing stuff still out there, not as good as this Skoda though I admit! But good to see that some of it is still running. Take a look here: http://www.theretromobilist.com/travel/57-the-vehicles-that-liberated-normandy
Who needs to see well when you look so good?