_____________De Dion-Bouton wz.18/24*
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Number in Service: 12*
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A standard French self-propelled AA gun*
on De Dion-Bouton truck chassis, from World War I,*
originally designated Autocanon Mle 1913.*
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12 such vehicles were acquired by Poland by 1920*
In 1936 four guns were fitted with more modern*
Polski Fiat 621L truck chassis.*
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During the war in 1939 all vehicles were used*
by three batteries of the 1st AA Artillery Auto*
Squadron (8 guns still on obsolete De Dion-Bouton*
and 4 guns on PF-621L chassis).*
They took part in combat in southern Poland, from*
Katowice through Deblin, Sandomierz, Chelm, Tomaszow*
to Lviv.*
Occasionally the guns were used for anti-tank defence*
and destroyed several tanks with HE grenades.*
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_____________[description by PIBWL]*