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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by kerryboo » 07 Dec 2014, 12:17

And a Skoda 306D of the NSKK.
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by SIS 5 » 07 Dec 2014, 19:22

Hi Bill, hi Kerry, hi ilfil,

thank You very much for posting and sharing these great pics. So I want to contribute to this new thread with two pics of Skoda trucks: 1. Skoda type 6 ST 6 L or 6 T; 2. Skoda type H or HD (source of the pics: expired ebay auctions). I hope these pics are not posted before.

Regarsd

Bert
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 19:52

Hi All:

Thanks for your encouragement and participation. I am still refiling materiel but will put up something every day I hope.
For this post, a Mercedes G-5 presented to the President of Czechoslovakia either by Hitler himself or
Göring. Also a Praga RN as a tanker, rather rare I think.

Bill
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:27

I will now jump into a vehicle area I know very little about but I do have photos of them.

All during the 1930's, Praga made a large series of tracked soft skin vehicles. They were also trialed for a number of other countries and were adopted by some. What I have found so far range from the Praga T3 through the Praga T9. There is also pictured rather often a "TH" variant that I have not sorted out yet.

Here, a couple photos of the T3.

Bill
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:28

The IV model. It does not seem to have been called a T4.

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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:29

The T5 model. Seems to have been a prototype perhaps.
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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:32

The T6.
I am posting not only Czech but also Peruvian and Turkish variants as they will get lost in the Forum if I try to
post them elsewhere.
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:33

The T7 version.
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:34

The T8 version.
This is what I found on the net. It looks the same as the T7 to my eyes. Comments are welcome.
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Post by Bill Murray » 07 Dec 2014, 23:37

The T9 version.
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by SIS 5 » 08 Dec 2014, 02:00

Hi Bill,

wow, really great, the tractors of Praga.

To the pic You posted with the Skoda command car type 952: I think we can see in the background prototypes of the Raupenschlepper Ost built by Skoda, but were not built past the prototype stage.

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Post by Bill Murray » 08 Dec 2014, 02:49

Hi Bert:

I believe the correct name for the vehicles you are talking about is "Radschlepper Ost" which is the variant with wheels. 100 examples built from what I could find.

The "Raupenschlepper Ost" is the tracked variant which was developed along with the wheeled version for use in Russia.

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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by Maxschnauzer » 08 Dec 2014, 03:40

Great thread, Bill!
Two Pragas: A Praga Tractor in WH service, a T3 I believe:
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...and a Praga AV Command Car:
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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by SIS 5 » 08 Dec 2014, 08:58

Hi Bil,

excuse me, please, for my mistake! And thanks a lot for the correction. Yesterday night, when I was writing and posting it, it was very late and so I was not concentrated enough.

Best regards

Bert

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Re: Czechoslovakian soft skin transport vehicles 1930-1945

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Post by SIS 5 » 08 Dec 2014, 20:16

Hi Bill,

following Your explanations the tractors on the three pics are Praga T 9 (T IX) (source of the pics: "Militärfahrzeuge der Wehrmacht" by Kurt Rieger and Uwe Feist). But I have some problems to distinguish the type T 7 (T VII) and the type T 8 (T VIII). So I need You help.

Best regrads

Bert
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