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Originally Posted by TRDG
Hey, I got the pic to work!!!
Now, probably as easy one for most, but what is it? I know, and I'm trying to start this thread off with a little interest before we get into the nuts and bolts of this interesting machine. 
Cheers, hints as needed, but that should'nt be "needed" I bet!! 
TRDG
Tom |
If I had to guess I would say what you have there is a Schneider AMC P16 (M29) French half-track. It weighed in at about 6.8 tonnes with a frontal armor thickness of 11mm and a total length of about 4.83 meters.
The M1928 trials for the P16 were fitted with the octagonal turret with a 37mm Sa18 main gun and coaxial 7.5 machine gun. In 1940 many P16s had the 37mm gun replaced with a 25mm Mle34 AT gun.
Schneider AMC P16
The Schneider in your photograph however, is one of many captured by the Germans in 1940 and redesigned for service with the Wehrmacht.
The Citroen-Kegresse half-track drive remained, but the turrets were scraped and the the vehicle was up-armored with the rear hull area given a look more common with the early SdKfz.251/1.
Kegresse P107 (f)
These vehicles were re-designated Kegresse P107 (f) and employed as troop transports, munitions schleppers and vehicles to tow artillery pieces.
Some of these half-tracks had the hull armor raised and were fitted with weapons ranging from 37mm PaKs to 75mm PaKs, and even captured Russian 76mm anti-tank guns.