Panhard K12

The Panhard K12 was a lorry of which Panhard et Levassor built only two prototypes shortly before the First World War, the first at the end of 1913. Both were shown at the heavy-vehicle trial organised in July 1914 by the Automobile Club de France and the War Ministry, which the outbreak of war cut short, and the army then bought every vehicle that had been presented. Despite this military purchase, series production was never launched, and it took until 1918 for a lorry of the same class to be built, the Panhard K16. The K12 had a four-cylinder SK 4 F engine of 105 by 140 mm rated at 20 HP, an empty weight of 3,050 kg and a payload of 3,500 kg.