Panhard 178

Panhard 178
Preserved AMD Panhard 35 at the Musée des Blindés
Type	Armoured car
Place of origin	French Third Republic
Service history
In service	April 1937–1964
Used by	France Nazi Germany Syria[1]
Wars	World War II First Indochina War Vietnam War
Production history
Designer	Panhard
Designed	1933–1937
Manufacturer	Panhard
Unit cost	₣ 275,000 hull
Produced	February 1937 — ~October 1940
No. built	729 "A" versions, 414 B version
Variants	Panhard 178B
Specifications
Mass	8.2 metric tonnes
Length	4.79 m with gun
Width	2.01 m
Height	2.31 m
Crew	4
Armor	20 mm
Main armament	25 mm SA 35 cannon
Secondary armament	7.5 mm Reibel machine gun
Engine	Panhard SK 105 hp
Suspension	leaf spring
Ground clearance	0.35 m
Operational range	300 km
Maximum speed	72 km/h

The Panhard 178^[2] (officially designated as Automitrailleuse de Découverte Panhard modèle 1935,^[2] 178 being the internal project number at Panhard) or "Pan-Pan" was an advanced^[2] French reconnaissance 4x4 armoured car that was designed for the French Army Cavalry units before World War II. It had a crew of four^[2] and was equipped with an effective 25 mm main armament and a 7.5 mm coaxial machine gun.^[2]

A number of these vehicles were in 1940 taken over by the Germans after the Fall of France and employed as the Panzerspähwagen P204 (f);^[2] for some months after the armistice of June production continued for the benefit of Germany. After the war a derived version, the Panhard 178B, was again taken into production by France.