► Photothread: Tractors of the Axis

[Maxschnauzer]

Captured SKhTZ-15/30

[Maxschnauzer]

The sheer size of the Hanomag SS 100 is evident when compared to this Steyr 220.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Austro-Daimler generatorwagon

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Maxschnauzer]

Hi Sturm,
WOW! That looks like something out of a "Mad Max" movie.

[Rui]

Hi all,

Austro-Daimler generatorwagon

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

What was the role of this vehicle?

WWI Austria-Hungarian Skoda big guns tractor?

[Sturm78]

Rui wrote
What was the role of this vehicle?

WWI Austria-Hungarian Skoda big guns tractor?

Yes. More specifically, 24cm Skoda M16 gun , 38cm Skoda M16 howitzer and 42mm Skoda M16-17 howitzer

Regards Sturm78

[Rui]

Rui wrote
What was the role of this vehicle?

WWI Austria-Hungarian Skoda big guns tractor?

Yes. More specifically, 24cm Skoda M16 gun , 38cm Skoda M16 howitzer and 42mm Skoda M16-17 howitzer

Regards Sturm78

Gracias, Sturm.

The Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was part of the artillery train for that guns or was used in another guns?

Seeing the photo below, it seems that the M17 was a heavIer and more powerful tractor.

[kerryboo]

Truly monstrous beasts!
Kerry

[Rui]

Truly monstrous beasts!
Kerry

Seeing the wheels of this vehicle, i wonder how, the soldiers change a broken wheel of this tractor.

(I don't remember seeing soldiers changing tires of any kind of vehicle in the field. Only saw they changing tracks of tanks.)

[Sturm78]

Rui wrote
The Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was part of the artillery train for that guns or was used in another guns?

Seeing the photo below, it seems that the M17 was a heavIer and more powerful tractor.

Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was not used for tow 24cm Skoda gun neither 38cm and 42cm Skoda howitzers
Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was a normal artillery tractor while the Austro-Daimler Generatorwagen was a special tractor, with gasline-electrical propulsion that supplied electrical power to the electric motors of the gun trailers...

Sturm78

[ilfil]

I don't remember seeing soldiers changing tires of any kind of vehicle in the field. Only saw they changing tracks of tanks.

Well, then I guess you'll enjoy this:





Talking about that weird Austro-Fiat Artilleriegeneratorwagen, you can read more on its development, use and variants here:

https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1791
https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1792
https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1793

HTH
Cheers!

[kerryboo]

Hi Rui,
Solid rubber tyres, you can see some missing areas. Must have been one very slow, very rough, ride!
Kerry.

[Rui]

Rui wrote
The Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was part of the artillery train for that guns or was used in another guns?

Seeing the photo below, it seems that the M17 was a heavIer and more powerful tractor.

Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was not used for tow 24cm Skoda gun neither 38cm and 42cm Skoda howitzers
Austro-Daimler Artilleriezugauto M17 was a normal artillery tractor while the Austro-Daimler Generatorwagen was a special tractor, with gasline-electrical propulsion that supplied electrical power to the electric motors of the gun trailers...

Sturm78

Thanks Sturm.

[Rui]

I don't remember seeing soldiers changing tires of any kind of vehicle in the field. Only saw they changing tracks of tanks.

Well, then I guess you'll enjoy this:





Talking about that weird Austro-Fiat Artilleriegeneratorwagen, you can read more on its development, use and variants here:

https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1791
https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1792
https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1793

HTH
Cheers!

Very good series.
I enjoyed the history behind the development of the M. 16.

Thanks, HTH

[Rui]

Hi Rui,
Solid rubber tyres, you can see some missing areas. Must have been one very slow, very rough, ride!
Kerry.

I was thinking if a mine or damage made by nearby explosions, broke or damage the wheels, it should make very difficult to change a full wheel of the M. 17.

Seeing the M.17, we could say that is was the grandfather of the Radschlepper Ost (Porsche type 175) made by Skoda, during WWII.