Name that Vehicle

Erwin Komenda? Tricky one this...not a very osbcure and armoured version of of the Schwimmwagon thingey?

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Erwin Komenda? Tricky one this...not a very osbcure and armoured version of of the Schwimmwagon thingey?

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No. not Erwin. This one was an amphibious expert.

It is only a prototype, so yes it is obscure and armoured (just) and a schwimmy thing.

A vehicle produced by the gentleman in question has graced this thread before. Hint, hint.

 

Final clue time.

It shares a name with this armoured car.

 

Time for a change.
I believe that's technically several different vehicles, Panzerspahwagen 'Schildkrote' (or 'turtle') 1, 2 & 3 (designed by that certain amphibious gent) and the bottom one's a Trippel e3/e3m, which seems to be the same thing without a turret.
Details I've got are sketchy, 1942 for the tests and ultimately rejected.
Pz Sp Wg Schildkröte. Correct.
Turn to page 195 of the essential 'Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two' by Chamberlain & Doyle for an explaination not too dissimilar to the one given. The 2 early prototypes based on a Trippel SG6 in 1942 were armed with a single MG. The Schildkröte III differed in that it had a 2cm MG151. Judging by the armament I believe that the swimming vehicles are the version III.
The unarmed ammunition carrier is the Enheits 3M of 1944.



Your go.

 

The horrible technical nightmare known as the MBT 70.

 

The horrible technical nightmare known as the MBT 70.
It is great looking though. Joint US and German venture it featured an auto loader. All the crew sat in the turret.

 

And, this would be.....

 

It is great looking though. Joint US and German venture it featured an auto loader. All the crew sat in the turret.


Didn't it disorient the driver terribly when the turret was anything but centerline forward?


Your posted pic.. A weasel with rocket rails?

 

Good enought von poop. I know, easy one but what the...

On the MBT 70 the driver's compartment was like a little capsule and it automatically rotated to face the direction the vehicle was moving versus the direction the turret was turned. The suspension was hydropneumatic and the whole vehicle could lower its sillouette considerably. It was also crammed with electronics to make it work....Now remember, this is at a time when a 64K computer was the size of several filing cabinets.
The whole tank was so complex it broke down almost continiously.

 

Dodge Weapon Carrier (WC51 without winch/WC52 with winch)

 

Dodge Weapon Carrier (WC51 without winch/WC52 with winch)
Hello there Aviator, what are you doing in a vehicle thread? Welcome.
Anyway it would appear that you have answered Post #30, correctly I might add. We, however have moved on. If you notice there is a click box with numbers in, to the top right. To get to the most recent posts you have to click on 'Last'.

We currently don't have a question to answer on this thread. Please feel free to post a "What's that" of your own. Anybody!!

 

Ok chaps, have a go at this one:

 

Looks like the rear left corner of a Maus?

If it is then the jack's interesting, quite... errr... beefy.

Correct! Well done that man.

Yes the jack is rather large, from the other photos I've seen it didn't look like a quick job either. Tony Robinson and the Timeteam would have been proud of the excavations around the tank to get at the tracks.

Surely every tankers dream, fixing the track / suspension on a Maus !!