► Photothread: Luftwaffe vehicles

[Sturm78]

Bert wrote
thank You for Your reply. After checking the pic You posted I´m rather sure, that the vehicle on Your pic is a tractor, not a truck. The engine of the truck is normally fixed in front of the front axle, against that the engine of this tractor, called "Eilschlepper" is moved behind the front axle because of the better distribution of the weight. In this way the center of gravity was moved to the rear axle with the drive. This vehicle has a shorter driver’s cab without sleeping compartment and a short platform instead of the ballast bridge. The vehicle had the radiator grille of the initial model with the VOMAG lettering. I think it is the type 5 ZR 438. Here a pic of such a vehicle out of the book "VOMAG - eine Legende in Bildern" by Christian Suhr & Ralf Weinreich.

Bert wrote
I´m awfully sorry. I made a mistake. Of course, it is the type 5 ZR 434.

Thank you for your effort in identifying the VOMAG vehicle of my last photo, Bert..

Regards
Sturm78

[Maxschnauzer]

A nice shot of an Sd. Kfz. 7, KM m 8 version 1935.

[SIS 5]

Hi,

here a pic of a special vehicle of the Luftwaffe: a runway lighting motor vehicle Kfz. 353 (Landebahnleucht-Kraftwagen).

Regards

Bert

[Pz III]

Nice pic Bert - I have never seen a pic of that particular type of truck.

Thanks
Rich

[SIS 5]

Hi Rich,

here another pic of such a runway lighting motor vehicle Kfz. 353 (source of the pic: Waffen-Arsenal Band 107 "Krupp-Kraftwagen im Kriege" by Reinhard Frank).

Best regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

Hi Bert and Rich,
Yes, a very rare and interesting photos, Bert. Thanks for posting.
Holger shows 2 other variants, one also Krupp: http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Hauptseit ... u_kw_.html the other Henschel: http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Hauptseit ... leukw.html and they both look a bit different. I suspect there were very few produced.

[Pz III]

Thanks Bert and Max - Very interesting vehicles.

Skol!
Rich

[ilfil]

[SIS 5]

Hi,

here three interesting pics of Opel Blitz AA gun carriages with protective armour plating (source of the pixcs: ebay).

Regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

A Kfz. 4 showing its 4 wheel steering capability.

[SES]

The Lafette for a leMG is also of interest.
bregds
SES

[Maxschnauzer]

Sauerstoff-Umfüllgerät (oxygen transfering device -10-50A) mounted on a Blitz flatbed.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A Luftwaffe heavy truck towed by a captured Soviet tractor and a German halftrack

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[ilfil]

Bernard DI6.58? The tractor is Voroshilovets, from memory "Artillerie Schlepper 607(r)" (or 706(r) it was?)

[Maxschnauzer]

Steyr 530 Staff Car