► Photothread: Vehicles of the Axis fire brigades

[carius]

Image from ebay.de №153626319262

George

[Maxschnauzer]

I need help to identify this vehicle.

[ilfil]

Hi Max,
According to Werner Oswald this is Mercedes L4500A TLF 25 bodied by Magirus, as delivered to Luftwaffe in September 1944.



HTH
Cheers!

[Maxschnauzer]

Hello ilfil,
Thank you very much for the ID. I've never seen this type before-of course they had a very short service life.

[SIS 5]

Hi Max,

maybe interesting for You, a similar vehicle, a so-called Tankspritze TF 25 also on the chassis of a Mercedes-Benz L 4500 A, produced for the Luftwaffe (source of the pic: "Feuerwehrfahrzeuge im Einsatz 1939 - 1945" by Michael Foedrowitz).

Best regards

Bert

[Maxschnauzer]

Hi Bert,
Thanks for posting the TS 25 photo, you are correct, it is of much interest to me.

[SIS 5]

Hi,

here apic of a captured French vehicle of a fire brigade, a Laffly BS C 2, now used by the Germans, probably on a French airport. Source of the pic: an expired ebay auction.

Regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Two images from Ebay. Dated in 1927

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

A Magirus truck. I don´t know the exact model...

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[Maxschnauzer]

Hi Sturm,

Maybe an M 30 chassis.

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78, hi Max,

it could also be the type M 25 from 1936 like on the pic below.

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Thanks for your answers, Max and Bert.

I suppose that it is impossible to differenciate...both are almost identical...

Here, another Magirus truck (from Ebay). Any idea ?

Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Max,

an interesting pic! Could it be made after the end of the war? I have found a pic of a similar vehicle in the book "Feuerwehrfahrzeuge im Einsatz 1939 - 1945" by Michael Foedrowitz. It has the designation "Magirus-Mannschafts- und Gerätewagen" (Magirus personnel and material carrier) and "leichter Gasschutz-Kraftwagen" (light gas protection motor vehicle). Maybe the vehicle on Your pic was later converted into a fire engine.

Best regards

Bert

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I posted these two images here long time ago

Image 1: Mercedes-Benz L1100 LLG ??
Image 2: Mercedes-Benz L3750 KS25 ??

Images from Ebay
Sturm78

[SIS 5]

Hi Sturm 78,

don´t be surprised by my activity, but the Corona-virus makes me stay at home and so I have much time.
To Your questions:
pic 1: the vehicles are Mercedes-Benz L 1500. The German fire brigades didn´t get the type L 1100. More difficult is the designation LLG. That depends when the pic was made and to which formation the vehicles belonged:
from 1st May 1943: LF 8 (Löschfahrzeug)
till 30th April 1943: LLF (leichtes Löschgruppenfahrzeug) - Reichsministerium des Inneren (Reichs Ministry of the Interior) -
or KzS 8 (Kraftzugspritze) - Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reichs Ministry of Aviation)

pic 2: I totally agree with You, that´s a Mercedes-Benz L 3750. But the same problem with the designation KS 25:
from 1st May 1943: LF 25 (Löschfahrzeug)
till 30th April 1943: GLG (großes Löschgruppenfahrzeug) - Reichsministerium des Inneren (Reichs Ministry of the Interior) -
or KS 25 (Kraftfahrspritze) - Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reichs Ministry of Aviation)

Best regards

Bert