Pz.I Attachments etc.

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by Owen, Jan 18, 2008.

  1. cameronlad

    cameronlad Member

    But, then again it could be a feindishly clever field observation tower, judging by the basket, size and handle grips... mobile, room for two at a squeeze, very easy and quick to raise and lower on the cable hoist, just like modern cherry pickers. Just a thought!
     
  2. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    Like this? :D

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  3. DavidW

    DavidW Well-Known Member

    But, then again it could be a feindishly clever field observation tower, judging by the basket, size and handle grips... mobile, room for two at a squeeze, very easy and quick to raise and lower on the cable hoist, just like modern cherry pickers. Just a thought!


    Not as daft as it sounds in the very flat & featureless Western desert
     
  4. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    Flat and featureless? Here's Halfaya Pass.

    http://www.afrika-korps.de/galerie/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=927&g2_serialNumber=2
     
  5. DavidW

    DavidW Well-Known Member

    Yes, largely flat & featureless, with obvious exceptions along the escarpment.

    "Largely" would have been a better word to have included originally I will concede.
     
  6. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    Just pulling your leg :) Actually I have a photo of something like Cameronlad suggests, a truck with a metal framed observation tower on top. It must be on some old magazine as I can't find it.
     
  7. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Chaps, uncommon of me to try and keep threads on track (usually me that does the diverting), but this one was a nice dense little thread on Panzer Is, can we keep it that way please.
    ~A

    But, then again it could be a feindishly clever field observation tower, judging by the basket, size and handle grips... mobile, room for two at a squeeze, very easy and quick to raise and lower on the cable hoist, just like modern cherry pickers. Just a thought!
    You mean Drew's shots in post #28?
    It is definitely a demolition charge carrier.

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    Interesting - are those flaps hanging down evidence of having dropped a charge? I'd sort of assumed the whole box fell, but this makes much more sense.


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    Earlier 'Ramp' version:
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    What I can't find, is much on it's actual tactical use, whether for clearing physical obstacles, or Minefields.
    Also wondering how it was detonated -wireless? Wired? Or even timed? Maybe all three...
    I suppose as soon as Goliath and the Borgward/Sd.Kfz300 series funklenkpanzer mobs etc. found their feet, all these methods became a little irrelevant.
     
  8. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

  9. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just looking through Rommel's photo of france 1940 & saw this pic.
    rommel photo of the bridgelayer.JPG
     
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