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23 March 2013

French Renault Armored Car (Auto-Mitrailleuse Blindée Renault) Model 1915. November 1915, Lorraine.



Renault Armored Car (M.G. Type) Model 1915, with the crew of French Navy sailors. November 1915, Lorraine.

By the vehicle identification numbering ZM 53, we can deduce that, probably, is the 2nd vehicle of the 1st Section, belonging to 1st Platoon of the 15th Group of Auto-Machine-Guns -Cannons of the Navy (Groupe d'Auto-Mitrailleuses-Canons
de la Marine-GAMC).

Notice that the lateral lighting lamp has been painted gray like the rest of the vehicle. In the rear of the vehicle, centered on the armored plate, again appeared the vehicle identification number ZM 53.

When color photography have warned that the color of the numbers and letters in the vehicle, were probably painted in red. Because the dark gray that would be the alternative, when not owning the black intensity, hardly would contrast with the gray background, so it reinforces the theory of numbers in red.


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Auto-Ametralladora Blindada Renault Modelo 1915, con la tripulación compuesta por marineros de la Armada Francesa. Noviembre de 1915, Lorena.

Por la numeración de identificación del vehículo: ZM 53, podemos deducir que, probablemente, éste sea el 2º vehículo del 1º Pelotón de la 1ª Sección perteneciente al 15º Grupo de Auto-Ametralladoras-Cañones de la Marina (Groupe d'Auto-Mitrailleuses-Canons de la Marine- GAMC).

Obsérvese que la lámpara de alumbrado lateral ha sido pintada de gris como  el resto del vehículo. En la parte posterior del vehículo, centrada en la plancha blindada, nuevamente aparece el número de identificación del vehículo ZM 53.

Al colorear la fotografía he advertido que el color del los números y letras del vehículo estuviesen, muy probablemente, pintados en rojo. Puesto que el color gris oscuro, que sería el alternativo, al no poseer la intensidad del color negro, apenas contrastaría con el gris de fondo, por lo que se refuerza la teoría de los números en rojo.

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