Nuts & Bolts Vol.42 Einheitsdiesel The standard 6×6 cross-country lorry of the Wehrmacht. The development of the Einheits-Lastkraftwagen – which means standard-lorry – started in 1934. It was planned to develop vehicles with 2, 3 and 4 axles with payloads of 1.5, 2.5 and 4 tons. In the end, only Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.27 2 cm Flakvierling 38 Even as the Flak 30 was entering service, the Luftwaffe and Heer (army) branches of the Wehrmacht had doubts about its effectiveness, given the ever-increasing speeds of low-altitude fighter-bombers and attack aircraft. The 20 mm weapons had always had weak development perspectives, Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.41 schwere Wehrmachtsclepper The Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (Heavy Military Tractor), or sWS, was a German World War II half-track vehicle used in various roles between 1943 and 1945. The unarmored models were used as supply vehicles and as tractors to haul artillery. Armored versions mounted anti-aircraft guns or Read more…
Read & Reviewed: Nuts & Bolts Vol.29 Raupenschlepper Ost “RSO” Raupenschlepper Ost (German: “Caterpillar Tractor East”, more commonly abbreviated to RSO) was a fully tracked, lightweight vehicle used by the Wehrmacht in World War II. It was conceived in response to the poor performance of wheeled and half-tracked vehicles in Read more…
Read & Reviewed: Nuts & Bolts Vol.28 Gleisketten-LKWs “Maultier” (Sd.Kfz. 3) Pt1 Maultier or Sd.Kfz. 3 (en: “Mule”) is the name given to series of half-track trucks used by Germans during World War II. They were based on Opel, Mercedes-Benz, Alfa-Romeo or Ford trucks. Soon after invading Russia, German troops Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.15 Marder III Sd.Kfz. 139 Marder III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers. They mounted either Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field guns, or German 7.5 cm Pak 40, in an open-topped fighting compartment on top of the chassis Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.40 Sd.Kfz 234 The Sd.Kfz. 234 was a family of armoured cars designed and built in Germany during World War II. The vehicles were lightly armoured, armed with a 20, 50 or 75 mm main gun, and powered by a Tatra V12 diesel engine. The first and Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.39 Sd.Kfz6 The SdKfz 6 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 6) was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War. It was designed to be used as the main towing vehicle for the 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer. Development of a new medium artillery tractor began Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.31″Marder II” (Sd.Kfz. 131) – Panzerjäger II für 7,5 cm Pak 40/2 From the publisher’s website: The Panzer-Jägers theme was always one of the major interest groups of the publishers. The Marder III series was a very important and interesting series which generated Volumes Vol. 15, 17, Read more…
Nuts & Bolts Vol.32: Medium Cross-Country Lorries To date, Nuts & Bolts has only produced publications on tracked, half-track vehicles and weapon systems. With this volume, the first issue in a series which will deal exclusively on Lorries – in particular the medium cross-country Lorries (commercial) – m. gl. Lkw. Read more…