Berliet AH5

The Berliet AH5 was a light truck of the First World War that Berliet designed as a generator vehicle for anti aircraft searchlights. Thirty five were built, ordered in 1917, and they were paired with the 120 cm type H searchlight made by Sautter-Harlé and used by the artillery, staying in service into the 1930s. It used the same engine as the Berliet CBA2, a four cylinder Berliet type Z3 petrol engine with a 110 mm bore and 140 mm stroke, giving 5,321 cc, a tax rating of 21 horsepower and a brake output of 25 horsepower at 1,250 to 1,300 rpm. The petrol tank held 70 litres, the engine sat at the front of the chassis and drove the rear axle through a cardan shaft, the gearbox had four forward speeds and one reverse, and the wheels were pneumatic tyres, twinned at the rear.