Vehicle identity requests

[kerryboo]

Thank you, so over 20 years old and still plugging away, fascinating.

[Sean N]

Incidentally, Kerry, the SA on the radiator is U.S.A.

[kerryboo]

Thanks Sean, I did wonder, now I know.
Regards,
Kerry.

[Bill Murray]

I was late on the Liberty truck, but here is a little clearer view of the "USA" on the grille.
Bill

[kerryboo]

Thanks to you too Bill. Interestingly this has identified at least six more photos which I have of recently captured French army trucks. It is surprising how antiquated a large part of the French armed forces actually were, but then again the German forces also relied heavily on good old horse power right into 1945.
Kerry.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Not a WW2-era vehicle but..... Can somebody identify this rare vehicle.?
According to photocaption, Austro-Daimler. Only prototype ??

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[peeved]

Hi Sturm,

According to http://books.google.fi/books?id=IrpODVj ... ze&f=false ca. 50(?) examples of Austro Daimler Kraftprotze M17 were produced.

Markus

[Maxschnauzer]

Hi Sturm,

According to http://books.google.fi/books?id=IrpODVj ... ze&f=false ca. 50(?) examples of Austro Daimler Kraftprotze M17 were produced.

Markus

Hello Markus,
That's interesting. I can't see any of the illustrations on your reference but my research indicated that the M.17 was an artillery tractor:

Austro-Daimler_01.jpg (59.01 KiB) Viewed 990 times

Source: http://landships.activeboard.com/t29798 ... ezugwagen/
Sturm's pic looks more like a self propelled gun. Do you have any legible pictures?

[peeved]

Hi Max,

Some photos of the Kraftprotze aka Daimler-Pferd here: http://amgmodels.mastertopforum.com/-vp106583.html

Markus

[Maxschnauzer]

Excellent Markus,
I see where the gun can be detached. So the prototype M.17 was basically a two wheeled artillery tractor w/ little dolly wheels! Very strange looking contraption indeed.

[kerryboo]

Here is another curious construction. It appears to be metal plates, with weapon ports, bolted, via tubular frame, to one(?) side of a truck, including inside the load-bed. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Kerry.

[Alanmccoubrey]

That looks like an Opel Blitz to me and those are more like observation slits than weapons slots, they are too small to stick very much more than a pistol through. It belongs to the Luftwaffe so goodness knows what it is for.

[SIS 5]

Hi Kerry, hi Alan,

for me it looks like a Saurer type BT 4500. Here a pic of this truck (source of the pic: an expired ebay auction).

Regards

Bert

[Bill Murray]

I think Bert is spot on............

Now, what the hell is it with armour plate on only one side and with such small openings??

Bill

[Alanmccoubrey]

I should have added that all German trucks look like Blitz to me