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"Kresowiec" was improvised armored vehicle build during fights in Lviv. Design by Wilhelm Aleksander Lützke-Birk and Witold Aulich, constructed in Lviv railway workshops in April/May 1919. It owes its unusual shape to a mechanical plow on the chassis of which was built, it was probably one manufactured by company "Stock" from Berlin. Armed with three Schwarzlose MG M.7/12 machine guns and crewed by 4 to 5 men, "Kresowiec" fought in Lviv for some time, but his fate remains shrouded in mystery.

Description
"Kresowiec" was improvised armored vehicle build during fights in Lviv. Design by Wilhelm Aleksander Lützke-Birk and Witold Aulich, constructed in Lviv railway workshops in April/May 1919. It owes its unusual shape to a mechanical plow on the chassis of which was built, it was probably one manufactured by company "Stock" from Berlin. Armed with three Schwarzlose MG M.7/12 machine guns and crewed by 4 to 5 men, "Kresowiec" fought in Lviv for some time, but his fate remains shrouded in mystery.