Vehicle identity requests

[Darek Piotrowski]

This vehicle is Panzer-Selbstfahrlaffete II 7,5 CM Kannone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t. It was used in Africa. It is well described in Panzer Tracts "Rommel's Funnies".

[Maxschnauzer]

Thanks alot Derek for the ID and great photo
. I just found it in Chamberlain & Doyle's Encyclopedia. Only 2 of the armoured version built.

[ilfil]

Here I have a Reichspost Bus I need some help on:

Hi Max,
As you were alredy answered, the bus is Henschel. It is "special edition" built upon Deutche Reichspost specs, the type is 4D5 (a.k.a. "Reichspost typ") with 50 seats. This one is an "observation vehicle" from the second order with "soft roof" (Aussichtswagen mit Cabrio-Verdeck), the first order buses are with closed body.
HTH
Cheers!

[arminfreitag]

Hi Max
here some more pictures of the PzSfl II.

Regards
Armin

[Maxschnauzer]

Hi Armin,
Those are fantastic. Thanks very much for posting.
I just noticed that Spielberger has a good discussion on this vehicle and about a dozen photos of the prototypes in his "Halftracked Vehicles" book.

[Robturner]

Max,
According to the website 'nevingtonwarmuseum.com', one of these vehicles was converted to a 'Feuerleitpanzerfahrzeug fur V2 Racketen' or 'Fire control armoured vehicle

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' and used at the Peenemunde rocket test site.
I can find no source of information on this particular vehicle other than that mentioned above.
Rob.

[Denniss]

According to the website 'nevingtonwarmuseum.com', one of these vehicles was converted to a 'Feuerleitpanzerfahrzeug fur V2 Racketen' or 'Fire control

Nonsense, just a similar experimental chassis was used, see http://www.kfzderwehrmacht.de/Homepage_ ... _10_h.html

[Robturner]

Denniss,
I wasn't aware of that!
My thanks for spotting and correcting my error.
Rob.

[arminfreitag]

Hi Max and all
here 2 more pictures of the Feuerleitfahrzeug and 2 rare pictures of the Sfl.
I posted them before some place else but here they come again.

Regards
Armin

[Maxschnauzer]

Thanks to all for posting the excellent photos and additional information. From what I understand B-N produced four HKp 902 prototype chassis. Two were armed with the 7.5 cm kannone and sent to Africa, one was to be a platform for the 5 cm Flak41 but apparently never completed, and the fourth was the V-2 Fire Control vehicle.

[SIS 5]

Hi,

maybe interesting for You:

a pic of the end of one of these vehicles.

Best regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

Thanks Bert.

[Darek Piotrowski]

Does anyone recognize what vehicle this might be?

[Alanmccoubrey]

Is it a late modle RSO with the tarp removed ?

[arminfreitag]

Hi
the tracks look strange and different to the tracks of the RSO.

Regards
Armin