► Photothread: French Equipment in German Service

[David Lehmann]

Hi,

I think the halftrack is a Citroen-Kegresse one.

Regards,

David

[M J C]

Two nice views of a S35 photos from Ebay, I have seen the top S35 one before but not the last one.

Mark

[Sander D]

Cheers

Sander

[M J C]

Here is a nice photo of a 15 cm SdKfz 135/1 on Lorraine chassis. Ebay photo

Mark

[David Lehmann]

Hi,

The second Somua is really nice

Regards,

David

[M J C]

Nice interesting Renault UE eBay photo

Mark

[Zsinj]

Hi,

yes a very nice one. There is another shot of the same UE on ebay. I think on the mudguards one can see the supports for the wheels of the 3,7cm Pak that was put on some UEs with the complete undercariage and used as self proppelled antitank gun.

Matthias

[ekke]

Hey.
I´m interested in the "Reihenwerfer (16fach) auf Somua MCG S 307 (f)".
I do some researches since a few weeks and by no I have got 7 pictures of this vehicle (the 16tube launcher only...)
There is one group of three fotos which show obviously the same vehicle, another group of two fotos showing vehicle,
and three other fotos showing different halftracks.

So this is the point where everything starts to become confusing.
In the 7 pictures I found two types of launching racks that are essentialy different and another two that are only slightly different.
The 1st type is characterised by the fact that the adjusting wheel is fixed to a tripod on the rear of the frame (sorry I´ve only got the foto in "The encyclopedia of German Tanks of WW2, plate 844) and a different form of the Frame compared to the other 3 types.

The 2nd Type seems to share the launching rack with the 20tube-launcher, but in contrast to the 20tube version that has two adjusting wheels on a tripod with four legs (sorry I don´t know the english word ) the 2nd type still has the tripod which is remarkably lower than the four-leged one.

The frame of the third type looks just like the 20tube launcher including the holder for the adjusting wheels.

And there is a fourth type which is basicly the same as the third but has an additional stowage bin attached to the holder for the two adjusting wheels.

And now the questions
Is that list I wrote correct and complete?
Which version was built first and which one last?
Why are there so many different versions?
How many vehicles were built in total?
And most important for me: Which version did the 21st Panzer Division use? I have two different fotos people told me both of them were used by them, but I thought they only had one launcher.

Well I hope you understand what I mean, maybe it´s too confusing for my first posting here
Thanks a lot and best wishes

ekke

[David Lehmann]

Hello Ekke,

Interesting points you noted here ... I can't really help, in fact I never looked so deep in the details about this vehicle and the mountings ... would be glad to learn more too

Regards,

David

[David Lehmann]

Hi,

Here is a French Lebel carbine with a German soldier. The view has been cropped from a photo that I own (bought on ebay).

Regards,

David

[Patrice]

Hello.
Two pictures from 'Beute-Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer der Deutschen Wehrmacht'.
A Beobachtungspanzer auf Lorraine-Schlepper and a Befehlspanzer für 4.7 cm Pak.
Patrice.

[Sander D]

A Renault ue(f) mit sWurfr.40 at the Museum der Bundeswehr im Dresden

Picture comes from http://www.ph-modellbau.de/cgi-bin/mode ... nboard.cgi


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Cheer

Sander

[stoveb]

Hi guys,

Here are two pics of the relatively rare Panhard command version, of which I think only 23 were made - if I recall correctly. Images are from ebay, ww2seller is the seller

Cheers
Steve

[jopaerya]

Hi All

On this Topic http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=85331
the same Panhard's at the same place in colour .

Regards Jos

[M J C]

Here a nice photo I recenty bought which appears to be a Infanteriekompanie refurbished UE 1931 R, note the very large Balkan Cross.

Mark