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SIS 5
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by SIS 5 » 31 Oct 2014, 12:37

Hi Max, hi Alan,

To Your ID: "Whenever I see a German truck with the rear "tailgate" opening sideways like that and six wheels I always guess Einheitsdiesel and sometimes I'm even correct." That´s an absolutely right remark. But where is here the "tailgate" opening sideways?
For me it is a Pionier-Kraftwagen I (engineer motor vehicle I), identifiable by the benches in the middle and the storage compartments at the front and the rear of the platform (source of the information: Holger´s site http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de). I think that it is a Henschel type 33, because that was the most usual type used by the engineer units. Interesting the contents of the right storage compartment: ten teller mines (Tellerminen), anti-tank mines. The trailer behind the truck could be a Pontonwagen Pf. 11 (pontoon wagon). Here a pic of such a truck and the trailer behind it (source of the pic: "Lastkraftwagen der Wehrmacht" by Reinhard Frank.

Regards

Bert
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by john_g_kearney » 31 Oct 2014, 15:24

Not much to go on here...

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Bill Murray » 31 Oct 2014, 15:42

Hi John:

I am pretty sure this one is a Horch 830BL Kfz17 radio car. See below.

Bill
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by john_g_kearney » 31 Oct 2014, 16:55

Many thanks, Bill. Well done!

John.

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by kerryboo » 31 Oct 2014, 19:01

One for Bill I would imagine.
Not military I know, but what is this vast "ship"?
From an eBay auction.
Kerry.
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Bill Murray » 31 Oct 2014, 19:38

Kerry, you do come up with some odd ones.

The vehicle appears to be a 1942 Pontiac. Not a year model I would expect to see anywhere in Europe and the photo would have had to be taken elsewhere or if in Europe, post war. 1942 was a very short production year and most vehicles went to the US armed forces as staff vehicles.

In any case, it is nice that my computers are now back to 99.9% and I am feeling a bit more perky and today has been a good day for Identification.

Bill
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 01 Nov 2014, 00:27

SIS 5 wrote:Hi Max, hi Alan,

To Your ID: "Whenever I see a German truck with the rear "tailgate" opening sideways like that and six wheels I always guess Einheitsdiesel and sometimes I'm even correct." That´s an absolutely right remark. But where is here the "tailgate" opening sideways?
For me it is a Pionier-Kraftwagen I (engineer motor vehicle I), identifiable by the benches in the middle and the storage compartments at the front and the rear of the platform (source of the information: Holger´s site http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de). I think that it is a Henschel type 33, because that was the most usual type used by the engineer units. Interesting the contents of the right storage compartment: ten teller mines (Tellerminen), anti-tank mines. The trailer behind the truck could be a Pontonwagen Pf. 11 (pontoon wagon). Here a pic of such a truck and the trailer behind it (source of the pic: "Lastkraftwagen der Wehrmacht" by Reinhard Frank.

Regards

Bert
Thank you much, Bert! That's it for sure. Also you identified those mines which puzzled me as well. :D
Cheers,
Max

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Nov 2014, 21:22

Hi all,

Any idea about this truck ?? :?

Image from EBay
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by IrregularMedic » 03 Nov 2014, 16:20

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Here's one for the experts!

From the recently uploaded Finnish archives:

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Bill Murray » 03 Nov 2014, 16:43

Looks to me like a captured ZIS 5 with a very unusual trailer.
Example below.

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by SIS 5 » 03 Nov 2014, 20:44

Hi irregularmedic, hi Bill,

well done, as usual, Bill. To the trailer: it is a captured Russian field kitchen, the type "КП 3 - 37".

Best regrads

Bert
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Bill Murray » 03 Nov 2014, 20:58

You are truly a marvel, Bert.

I know absolutely nothing about trailers in general and certainly not Russian ones.

And...I manage to wrongly identify Russian trucks about one in five times. :)

Bill

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by IrregularMedic » 05 Nov 2014, 03:46

Thanks gentlemen!

I couldn't tell if it was a trailer or partially obscured vehicle! I'm kind of surprised I didn't recognize the field kitchen, you'd think the Soviets must have had hundreds of them, but I don't think they show up much in period photos. Either that, or I never noticed them before because they weren't tanks!

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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by kerryboo » 05 Nov 2014, 13:12

Please can somebody identify this wood burner?
Thank you,
Kerry.
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Re: Vehicle identity requests

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Post by Bill Murray » 05 Nov 2014, 14:32

Hi kerry:

Based primarily on the wheels with 4 holes and the design of the windscreen, I believe this is a 1930 Opel Blitz 1.5 tonner.

Bill
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