In 1917, Lenin's podium - "Враг капитала" is today the 104th anniversary of the October Revolution, briefly talk about the famous "Враг ⭃ ⭃ The Austin armored vehicle 678аитала", in Hall 10 of the Museum of Military History of the Artillery, Engineering and Communications Forces of St. Petersburg (abbreviated as the St. Peter Artillery Museum), displayed a bright star, the "Враг" that served as a temporary podium for Lenin's rally on April 16, 1917 The armored vehicle капитала", symbolizing lenin's official return. "Враг капитала" can be understood as "enemy of capitalism" or "enemy of the capitalists", and from that day on this Austin armored vehicle was destined to be closely associated with legend.

The "Враг капитала" is a British-built 2nd batch of Austin armored vehicles, one of many Russian custom improved Austin armored vehicles imported by the Russian Empire in World War I. It not only served as Lenin's podium, but also participated directly in the attack on the Winter Palace after the outbreak of the October Revolution, and then experienced the entire Russian Civil War, going from unit to unit, but not an embroidered pillow. In the twenties after the victory of the Civil War, the new Soviet Russia/Soviet Union wanted to collect exhibits to establish a museum to commemorate Lenin, and naturally thought of this famous Austin armored vehicle. As a result, a large-scale search was carried out, the staff found more than 30 Austin armored vehicles, and according to the archival records, layer by layer, they finally found the originals, and exhibited them in the Lenin Museum in Leningrad. It should be emphasized that this armored vehicle is a serious original, and some domestic articles call it a replica is wrong, because although there were doubts, in the 1970s, the Soviet Side mobilized trace experts to study the armored vehicle, peeled off the layers of paint on the surface of the armored vehicle, found the traces of the slogan of the year, and determined that the armored vehicle was the real thing. Of course, replicas do exist, that is, the "Враг капитала" Austin armored vehicles displayed in Kubinka/Patriot Park, and the batches and characteristics of the two are different and easier to distinguish.

In 1920, a photograph of the Austin armored vehicle "Враг капитала" in the Red Army.

A series of paintings reflecting Lenin's speech in April 1917 are bound to appear "Враг капитала", such as October (1927, the first film reflecting the October Revolution) above, but unfortunately, the painter drew the wrong layout of the turrets of Austin's armored vehicles — the two turrets of Austin's armored vehicles were arranged diagonally rather than side by side. This mistake apparently distorts other painters who have never seen Austin's armored vehicles, such as the stamp commemorating the October Revolution issued in 1932 and other people's paintings, which is an interesting little episode.

The following is the detailed diagram of the Austin armored vehicle "Враг капитала" Austin armored vehicle, due to its special status, the treatment is very high, the maintenance is extremely meticulous, the rubber tires are customized according to the situation, so the state is still very good. There are dozens of photos, more, you can take a look. In terms of models, there is currently no model of Austin's 2nd batch of armored vehicles, and the miniart is currently a 3rd batch of Austin armored vehicles, but it can wait, and the clever old fritters can be modified by themselves.

Let's end it like this, I hope to write in detail about the story of the Austin armored vehicle "Враг капиала" in the future.