L'EBR Panhard. Une innovation à la française,

At the end of the Second World War, the Panhard company successfully responded to an ambitious army program for armoured reconnaissance vehicles, abbreviated to EBR. In doing so, it literally took over the EBR acronym by offering the armoured cavalry a mount that was both original and innovative. In post-war France, the almost avant-garde nature of this combat vehicle was all the more remarkable as it was based on studies initiated in 1938 and interrupted by the German invasion. Ahead of its time, its entry into service was not without difficulties, but its characteristics, exceptional in many areas, allowed it to overcome them and become the reference vehicle for our reconnaissance units until the early 1980s.

The EBR had never before been the subject of such a comprehensive study, both in terms of technical and operational aspects. This book, the result of the meticulous work of its author and richly illustrated with archive photos, brings this exceptional machine out of the shadows.