Not very likely.
from:
http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/postal-history/wwi-belgium-armoured-car-division-in-russia/The decision to create an independent unit with ACM’s was made in Nov 1914. Major Collon was in charge of some 350 volunteers, who were billeted in Paris. The Corps consisted of the following:
Headquarter staff – 1 officer and 10 men
2 batteries of armoured cars, both of them including
3 cannon-cars – one with 37 mm navy gun
2 machine gun cars with Hotchkiss machine guns
1 command armoured car
2 ammunition cars, 2 lorries and an ambulance
1 bicycle platoon
2 motorcycle sections
1 catering section
1 supply depot with 2 officers and 65 men
They even had a special uniform designed by Paquin, a Parisian couturier, with jacket, trousers and cap of black cloth. For combat there were black leather jacket & trousers.
While in France, both Mors and Peugeot built armoured cars to replace the Minervas.
Minerva motor, Mors chassis armoured car
built at Billancourt, France
37 mm cannon or 2 x Hotchkiss machine guns
Crew of 3 or 4
Armour plating 7 mm thick
Peugeot motor on Peugeot touring car chassis
two built for the ACMs in 1915
1 x 37 mm naval cannon
crew of 3
The ACMs also purchased some English Lanchester armoured cars.
Lanchester armoured cars
Probably one of the best known armoured cars made for WWI
Length: 4.9m
Lanchester: 60hp motor
Top speed: 80kph
Machine gun: 1 x Vickers 303
Crew: 4
On 17 April 1915, French General Clergerie presented Major Collon with the Corps Colours at Longchamps. On 21 April, with training complete, the Corps took up quarters at Furnes behind the Yser in unoccupied Belgium. As the static war continued, there was no use for the ACM. In Galicia (Ukraine) large Russian armies were on the move. King Albert decided to put his armoured car corps at his cousin’s, Czar Nicholas II, disposal.
22 September 1915 the Corps embarked at Brest on the British steamer, Wray Castle, for Archangel, where they docked on 13 October.
They moved to Peterhof, 20 km west of St Petersburg, where they stayed until 11 January 1916. The Czar inspected the corps there on 6 December 1915. The severe Russian winter meant changing their Parisian uniform for Russian sheepskin coats (choubas) and hats (papachas) to keep warm.
They fought valiantly in Galicia, being mentioned 5 times in the Order of the Day. In February 1916, Major Collon, having been recalled to Belgium, handed over command to Major Semet, who arrived in early April. From June 1916, after the campaign, the ACM returned via Moscow to its winter quarters.
With the Revolution early 1917, the Czar abdicated. Karenski advocated a new offensive in which the ACM partook. From July 1917 the collapse of the Russian army spread, but the ACM kept fighting for the White Russians as long as they could. The ACM decided it was time to head home with all the turmoil. However, it proved very difficult for them to obtain the necessary authorisations for departure from the Soviets.
Rather than give their vehicles and armaments to the Bolsheviks, they destroyed their vehicles and hid the weapons and stores, then took them with them. The Bolsheviks were gaining control and the projected route north to Murmansk was not an option. Thus they decided to head east via the Trans-Siberian rail to Vladivostok. The convoy reached China on 27 March 1918, and after being threatened with armed conflict, surrendered their guns.
They left Vladivostok for the USA on the SS Sheridan, and docked at San Francisco on 12 May. They were fêted all across the USA, which culminated in the Memorial Day parade (end May) in New York.
They reached Bordeaux 24 June and passed through Paris to Eu, where they had overdue leave and were finally disbanded. Thus ended the official ACM saga.
On the above mentioned site are some pictures. If there is interest, contemporary pictures from Russia and Galicia can be put up from some Ukrainian books, most possibly gleaned from Belgian sources.
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