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a question about an armored car

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Post by guest » 19 Jun 2019, 11:55

does anyone know the constructor name of this German armored car and the year of construction?

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 19 Jun 2019, 17:29

Hi guest. Your image is reversed, have a look at the license plate.
Several sites has it identified as a Reichswehr dummy tank based on the Adler Standard 6. Link to an other image of a dummy with front cover/armor removed
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-dummy ... 83298.html

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Post by Prosper Vandenbroucke » 19 Jun 2019, 21:47

Yes indeed, Walleed is right and here blow you have the same pic:
http://www.app-in-die-geschichte.de/document/22652
It's a TankwagenAttrappe belonging to the Reichswehr,
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Post by guest » 20 Jun 2019, 11:17

Prosper Vandenbroucke and Waleed Y. Majeed thanks for the reply and information

by the way it writes tankwagen but it doesn't have to do with a tank since it is an armored car (panzerwagen)

it seems to be a rarity and the front of the hull reminds of a cat :D :D

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 20 Jun 2019, 18:32

It’s not as much what it is but more what it’s supposed to be. In this case a “tank” for training purpose.

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Post by SIS 5 » 21 Jun 2019, 01:02

Hi guest,

this vehicle was built from 1930 until 1932 (source: "Kraftfahrzeuge und Panzer der Reichswehr, Wehrmacht und Bundeswehr ab 1900" by Werner Oswald).
B.t.w. the pic is the wrong way around.
And here another pic of this vehicle (RW - 3135). Interesting, that it was forbidden for boys 5 years or older to throw rocks at this contraption at any range (source: "Militärfahrzeuge of the Wehrmacht" by Kurt Rieger and Uwe Feist).

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Post by guest » 21 Jun 2019, 18:45

@Waleed Y. Majeed
it should had been named armored car for tank training then (panzerwagen fur das tank abrichtung) :| :|

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Post by guest » 21 Jun 2019, 18:53

@SIS 5
"Interesting, that it was forbidden for boys 5 years or older to throw rocks at this contraption at any range" "interesting"? because it didn't had any real armor you mean :wink: :wink:

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 21 Jun 2019, 20:53

Yes, heavy armor and strong germans :)
https://www.sz-photo.de/?16607724099100 ... UP_SCOPE=2

Guest, there’s lots more on this link, including many more of the “panzerattrappen aus blech” in question.
https://www.sz-photo.de/result_webshop/ ... -1.1203281

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Post by guest » 23 Jun 2019, 05:31

aerodynamically speaking it seems to be far ahead of its era with flushed headlights to the hull

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Post by guest » 24 Jun 2019, 16:20

it seems to be a rarity and the front of the hull reminds of an owl :D :D

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Post by Waleed Y. Majeed » 24 Jun 2019, 16:43

Cat or owl..? Not that far ahead of its time. Have a look at the few year later Adler model 2,5 Liter/“Typ 10” or earlier Steyr 50/“Steyr Baby” and probably a few more for that matter.

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