In spite of the
dismantling of the armoured cars after the
capitulation some of them were reused by the
Germans for instance the M36 by the militarised
police. The M36 and M38 were registered as
Panzerspähwagen L202 and the M39 as
Pantserspähwagen DAF 201.
At least four
M38 armoured cars of the 2nd squadron and four
M39 armoured cars of the Depot squadron were in
use with the German 227th Infantry Division. This
division moved via Hengelo, Zutphen and
Scherpenzeel to the surroundings of Amersfoort
and along the Rotterdam-Delft road and Gand
(Belgium) to Le Havre on the French coast. The
armoured cars were deployed in the Aufklärungs
Abteilung. In France the division was
incorporated in the coastal defence untill 1941.
Two Dutch M38 and two M39
armoured cars in German use with German markings.
Here on the Dutch coast, the Schevingen
boulevard, probably in the second half of May
1940. In use by the German 227th Infantry
Division.
A M38
armoured car in German use with German crew and
German markings.
2 m36,s with on the back a
m38 . Probably a collecting place in Breda , Watch the
dutch markings.
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