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► Photothread: German Cranes, Wreckers, Field Modifications

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Post by fireindi64 » 20 May 2011, 14:19

Hello all

I want to start a new topic.
I know its only a very small part of the vehicles of the axis. but for me a very interessting.
I hope we find much pics , we get informations and we can lift up the fog in this part of vehicles.

I find a Einheitsdiesel with Bilstein crane and the front plate for a snowplowg
and one unknown wrecker

best regards

Henning
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Re: german crane, wrecker, field modifications

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Post by Simperator » 20 May 2011, 18:18

Hi!

In the German museum of Sinsheim is a field modification of a Sd. Kfz. 11 with 3t Bilstein crane:
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Post by SIS 5 » 08 Jun 2011, 20:04

Hi.

here a field modification of an Opel "Maultier" of the Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 210 (source: Bildarchiv Karlheinz Münch).

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Post by SIS 5 » 27 Jun 2011, 16:40

Hi.

here two pics of cranes on trucks: the first the famous Kfz. 100 Drehkran on a Buessing-NAG truck, the second crane on a Ford, the last looks like a field modification (source: http://www.deutsches-afrika-korps.de).

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Bert
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Post by edgardo gil » 16 Jul 2011, 00:37

Which crane is the one that is pulling the Marder´s gun?

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Post by fireindi64 » 16 Jul 2011, 10:46

Hello Edgardo

I dont know the oficial designation of this typ.

We know its a german typ, often used from the WL may be for maitenance or changing plane engines.
it seems to be a univeral crane to be mounted on all standart §ton trucks of the Wehrmacht. we found also pics from this crane on Borgward B3000.

So you see we need more informations :wink:

best regards

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Post by peeved » 01 Dec 2011, 11:43

Henschel with crane from exp.eBay.de.

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Post by peeved » 01 Jan 2012, 10:12

ZiS-6 crane lorry from exp. eBay.de.

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Post by SIS 5 » 02 Jan 2012, 16:30

Hi Markus,

thank You very much for posting these very interesting pics of this crane on the Russian truck ZIS 6. The crane is the model ATK 1. Here a nother pic and a drawing of that vehicle out of the Russian web.

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Post by peeved » 02 Jan 2012, 23:00

Hi Bert,

And thanks for the background info on the crane.

Regards,
Markus

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Post by SIS 5 » 27 Mar 2012, 16:55

Hi all,

here a pic of a 6-ton Bilstein crane on a heavy semi-track tractor (Sd. Kfz. 9/1) . Source: expired ebay-auction.

Regards

Bert
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Post by SIS 5 » 23 Aug 2012, 11:06

Hi,

here an interesting pic of a crane, not a German one, but a captured crane of the RAF, now used by the Luftwaffe (source of the pic: expired ebay auction).

Regards

Bert
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Post by SIS 5 » 31 Aug 2012, 20:46

Hi,

here another pic of this special crane of the Luftwaffe for changing engines of aircrafts (Henning already posted two excellent pics of this crane). Source of the pic: expired ebay auction.

Regards

Bert
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Post by barbarossa28 » 31 Aug 2012, 22:46

Hello Bert,

this special Luftwaffe crane is officially (according to D(Luft)T 8800/4) designated "Kfz-Aufsetzkran 3t", which means "attachable motor-vehicle crane 3 tons".

It had a weight of 1400 kg and could be attached to several 3 tons lorries (it was delivered to the troop seperatelly without lorry). It had a capacity of 3 tons at a radius of the crane of 2.5 meters over the end of the platform, respectively 2 tons at a radius uf 3.25 meters. The largest high of the crane hook was 5.5 meters. The lifting speed (depending of the weight of the load) was 5 to 15 cm/min.

Regards, Holger.

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Re: german crane, wrecker, field modifications

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Post by kerryboo » 31 Aug 2012, 23:36

Two SS tow-trucks, including beute Scammell R100.
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