The fiat izhorsky armored car from the izhorsky plant (on a fiat chassis manufactured in the united states at a branch of the company, the armored bodies of the izhorsky plant) "ilya muromets" at the smolny institute in petrograd. The very beginning of november (new style) 1917. From the early morning of october 25, everything was in full swing at the headquarters of the revolution in smolny. Trucks with red guards, cars and liaison motorcycles drove up and drove away. Detachments of revolutionary workers, soldiers and sailors were located right on the sidewalks. Field kitchens were smoking. To the left of the main entrance to smolny, by the wall, stood six armored cars of the reserve automobile armored division. The command of the division remained loyal to the provisional government. But despite this, the revolutionary soldiers managed to take six armored cars out of the garage on october 24 and deliver them to smolny. On the afternoon of october 25, another, seventh, combat vehicle of the armored division "ilya muromets" rolled up to smolny at high speed, having also managed to break out of the garage. It was a half-track armored car designed by gulkevich. The units defending the winter palace also had an armored car. It was parked right next to the central gates of the building and kept the entire palace square under fire. True, it was not in running order and could only be used as a stationary machine-gun point. L. D. Glagolev. "armored cars", moscow: dosaaf publishing house, 1986. That is, either it was not "ilya muromets", or glagolev was wrong. Date: Russian: October 20th, 1917.
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