A Panhard Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle (EBR) of the French Foreign Legion patrols the Sahara desert, through the mountainous massifs of Djanet, Algeria, in February 1958

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RoadRunner71: Part of a test to observe the behavior of the EBRs in the different landscapes of the Sahara desert. Forgot to mention in the title that this was during the Algerian War of Independence. More pictures of this patrol [here](http://archives.ecpad.fr/raid-des-engins-blindes-de-reconnaissance-ebr-dans-le-sahara/).

33165564: Is it a tank with wheels attached? The middle wheels don’t look like they’re on the ground.

mudcant: The death throes of a colonial empire. Good riddance.