About that armored car, someone said it would be a Renault from 1915.

As known, Romania used many vehicles from different countries: Czekoslovakia, France, Germany  and even some captured soviet light tanks. There were attempts for converting some old tanks into tank destroyers. Who is interested in? If you are, here is a list of a few of them, together with pictures:

- Renault FT-17

- Renault R-35 (30 later converted into the "Vânătorul de care R35" tank destroyer)

- AH-IV (known as R1 in the romanian armoured forces)

- Panzer 35(t) (known as R2 in the romanian armoured forces)

- Panzer 38(t)

- Panzer 3 (known as T3 in the romanian armoured forces)

- Panzer 4 G, H and J (known as T4 in the romanian armoured forces)

- Panther D (known as T5 in the romanian armoured forces)

- Stug III (known as TAS in the romanian armoured forces)

- TACAM T-60 (a tank destroyer created on the chassis of the russian light T-60)

- TACAM R2 (another tank destroyer created on the chassis of the Panzer 35(t))

- Mareșal (a dousin prototypes created, with a 76 or 120mm gun; similar design to the Hertzer)

- TACAM T1 (only as a concept, based on the chassis of the AH-IV)

- TACAM 38(t) (a project similar to TACAM T-60, this time based on the chassis on the Panzer 38(t))

Thank you very much!

I'm living in Romania, Brașov county. But I'm looking for a restoration place for an old picture. Is there such a place in my county? I heard something, but I'm not sure. There may be one in Bucharest, but it's a bit far from here. Thank you!

Here is photo from 1917 on the Romanian front, with a french model armored car (not sure about the model):

I think that I was talking about the wrong picture. My intention was to find in fact about the second one, first one being just a comparison. The dark uniform is possible to be a Honved? I'm not 100℅ about his unit, but I think it was Royal Hungarian Infantry Regiment Nr. 23, 3rd battalion. Last two images of my content contain a very similar uniform to the second image. Any other pieces of information? Thank you anyways!

The 3rd battalion of this regiment was stationed in Fogarasch before going to the front . Which is the story of this battalion? I heard only just a bit about some involvments of the battalion in Galicia. But what year? Did they maybe fought at Przemsyl (that would explain why the guys from my image, if they were from this battalion, were not in a 1918 photography of the conscripts from Cuciulata)?

The guys from the first photo looks to wear Austro-Hungarian uniforms. Is there possible to be soldiers from the Infantry Regiment Nr. 23, especially the 3rd battalion? It they were not sent in Galicia, is possible to be in Italy

Now, with the possibility fir this guy to be a Honved corporal, I want to kniw if I can confirm that. If not, is there any other possibility? At least, it has the 4 stars ranking the Austro-Hungarian corporals... More than that, I found an image with many types of infantry soldiers, one of them possibly wearing my uniform.

This one is after 1908, because of its colour, much brighter than mine.And this is mine... Transylvanian conscript, year unknown, possibly a Honved corporal during or even before the war...

The only thing that I know about this unknown battle (not even mentioned in the history books) is that it took place betwen the romanian forces and a huge column of retreating russian soldiers that wanted to enter the town. The russians shelled the romanian positions and tried to forcely conquer Galați, but were stopped by the defenders and forced to sorrender, then escorted to the border and sent in Russia. It is also the only time in Romanian military history when they used combined land units, air support and naval bombardment to defeat a more numericly advanteged enemy. It's one of the more obscure battles, that took place at the beginning of 1918, and it's part of a longer series of battles betwen Romanians and Russian deserters or Bolsheviks, conflicts that would continue until 1919-1920. The numbers for this battle are not sure: approximately 450-500 romanian soldiers, adding then the population if Galați, against a few thousant russians. 

That happens on the autumn of 1916 during the battles for the Argeș Valley. A colonel sent the cavalry squadrons, just like in the Napoleonic Wars, to charge a German machineguns post, taking huge casualties: out of 327 soldiers, there remained only 84, and out of 14 officers 5 survived. What happened more exactly that day and which was the determination to make such a bold move? Thank you very much!

After the French Military Mission in Romania from the winter and spring if 1917, the Romanian Army got modern equipment from the French and the British (modern planes, modern artilery, Lewis, Chachaut and Vickers machineguns, armored cars). But I want to know, what kind of airplanes and armoured cars did Romania use during that year? I have abit of an idea about some planes and an Austin armored car from 3rd series, but I want to find out more.

Yeah, the romanians intended to create a tank destroyers similar to the german Hertzer in 1944, and it could even get on the frontline unless the events of august  same year. Originally, it was intended to have a 122mm howitzer, then switched to a 76mm anti-tank canon, and finally back to a 122mm one.But I knew that all of the 10 prototypes built and all the plans for this tank have been confiscated by the soviet occupants and sent in Russia (nobody knows even now what happened to them). But is this at least a replica of an original plan of this tank destroyer ?

I knew that the soviets confiscated in september-october 1944 confiscated all the prototypes and plans for this vehicle. What about this?

If it's possible not to be romanian, I want to know what armored cars did Romania use during WW1?

So, the three variants would be Infantry Regiment Nr.24 or 2nd Imperial and Royal (Kaiserlich und Königlicht) Hungarian Infantry Regiment, both garrisoned in Kronstadt; or 3rd battalion of the Infantry Regiment Nr.23, garrisoned in Fogarasch? If these were infantry-only (rifles; no Jägers, no Feldjägers or Gendarmerie) regiments, the guy I'm looking for was probably a corporal? The rank matches, but that dark uniform is the thing that puzzles me. I've seen an almost identical uniform to a Feldjäger, so that is strange. Thank you!

The text is as old as the picture, so I would doubt it... still very strange

Thank you! But only one thing makes me think a bit: if the vehicle in the initial image is the future "Lotta", captured at Wilna, why does it have a romanian mention in the description, which translated in English would be "A recently captured Romanian armoured car before repair"/" Ein kurßlich erbeutetes rumänisches Panzer-Automobil vor der Reparatur" ? Is this the other vehicle?

Thank you very much! Now, as I know what units can I relate, I want to find out: what kind of units were constituting these divisions? And second one: where did these units fight, on what front? I would add that Cuciulata was part of the Fogarasch recruiting district, so I would connect them ratherly to the Infantry Regiment Nr.21, third batallion (the headquarters of this unit was in Hermenstadt, but the 3rd battalion was stationed in Fogarasch). So on what front did this unit fight and what kind of units were composing it?

Actually, I found out that this is a Hotchkiss Izhorsky armored car. Only two have been produced by the russians, both of them being captured in the summer of 1917 by the german army. One of them survived until 1919 and was used on the streets of Munich by the Freikorps. But how did it get before on romanian hands?

You were talking about Renault Ft17 tanks kept outside. What about this one? It's from the National Military Museum in Bucharest. Also, what model is it? I only know it was received by the Romanian army in 1919 together with other 90 vehicles in the first Romanian tank division.

It is known that in November 1916, the Romanian army and autorities retreated from the capital, instead of oposing resistance. It is said that it was caused by some building owners who didn't want any sort of street fight to happen because their proprieties could be destroyed. My questin is what if, instead of giving up, Bucharest was defended by the army and defended until the bitter end? How long could the fortifications arround the capital resist (remember that the battle of Verdun was already taking place by many mounths, and the french forts rezisted decently) to the german attacks, and most importantly, how much time could the romanian army win to organize a stronger defence on the south of Moldavia, many german forces being occupied to besiege Bucharest? Below, there are two of the 36 forts and gun emplacements sorrounding Bucharest, constructed under the rule if Carol I by a belgian architect who also worked at Namur and Liege, these fortifications having the role to defend the capital by a potential attack.

20 of these tank destroyers have been produced during the war. Only one of them survived an is now exposed in the National Military Museum from Buchares. In what specific battles have been used and where have been destroyed, because most of them have been lost in battle or confiscated by the soviet authorities.

I tried to draw it frim the side. Is this useful? Sorry if it's not very good, I'm only 15

These two guys are from Cuciulata village, now in Brașov county. The closest cities/ towns where they could be conscripted would be Rupea, Făgăraș/Fogarasch and Brașov/Brasso/Kronstadt. So, from south-east Transylvania.