German Military Vehicles in the Spanish Civil War

Author: Jose María Mata
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473878853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
An authoritative and fully illustrated study of the German military vehicles that fought in the Spanish Civil War—from motorcycles to Panzer Tanks. This comprehensive volume examines the combat and logistics vehicles that formed a vital part of the German contingent fighting in the Spanish Civil War alongside Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces. The Panzer I, which so surprised the world in the Polish campaign of World War II, was first seen in the Spanish Civil War. It appeared together with a wide range of war materiel such as antitank guns, flamethrowers, and other armaments. This book covers a wide range of vehicles, each identified in detail: from the humblest motorcycle to the Horch staff car; from Opel ‘Blitz’, MAN Diesel, Mercedes, and Krupp trucks to the enormous Vomag 3LR 443 truck; as well as the many types of military ambulances seen in Spain during the war years. With more than 500 historic images—most of them previously unpublished—this volume is an unprecedented study of the vehicles used by the German contingent in the Spanish Civil War.

The Einheits-Diesel WW2 German Trucks

Author: Alan Ranger
Publisher: MMP
ISBN: 9788365281838
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The leichter gel�ndeg�ngiger Lastkraftwagen "Einheitsdiesel" (Standard-Diesel Lorry) The development of the 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, but in the end, only the model with three axles and 2.5 tons payload entered serial production. Series production started in 1937 and ended in 1940 with more than 14,300 vehicles being built by nine different main vehicle producers. The "Einheits-Diesel" lorries were made identical by all nine manufacturers: B�ssing-NAG, Daimler-Benz, FAUN, VOMAG, Henschel, Krupp, Magirus, MAN and Borgward.This profusely illustrated photo album includes many previously unseen pictures, many from private sources in Germany. Whatever the rules might have said, German soldiers took many photos.

Krupp Protze Lorry

Author: Alan Ranger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788365958792
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143 better known by its nick name given to it by the troops that used it "The Krupp-Protze" (Krupp Boxer) was a specialized multi-purpose designed six-wheeled 6x4 (six wheel 4 wheel drive) German light off road truck and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941, It was fitted with the Krupp M-304 flat four engine a 4-cylider horizontally opposed petrol engine that originally delivered 55hp but was upgraded to deliver 60hp in 1936, it was this flat engine the allowed the fitting of the slopping engine bonnet that gave rise to the vehicles nick name. The Krupp Boxer saw extensive service on all of the operational fronts were the German army was engaged. This publication covers the Krupp-Protze in great photographical detail focusing on the trucks and their crews as they dealt with the conditions and circumstances they found themselves in, photographs from the author's own collection have been used to illustrate this book that were taken by the average German soldier not official army cameramen who's photos are well known and have been published over and over again already.

Opel Blitz 1, 1. 5, 2, 2. 5 Ton Lorries

Author: Alan Ranger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788365958976
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Opel Blitz (German for "lightning") was the name given to various light and middle-weight truck series built by the German Opel automobile manufacturer.Book focused on the light version of the Blitz lorry:Opel Blitz type 3,5-134 & 3,5-157Opel Blitz type 2,0-12Opel Blitz type 2,5-35Opel Blitz type 5200In this volume the author provides a detailed impression of these vehicles through original photographs, taken both during and before the war by the normal German soldiers who both used and served with these now classic lorries.

German Military Vehicles of World War II

Author: Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786462523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221

Book Description
This volume presents a cross-section of the most common transport vehicles produced and used by the German army. Tanks plus auxiliary vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, vans, ambulances, trucks and tractors made it possible for the troops to keep moving. These lightly armored or unarmored vehicles--aka "soft skins"--operated behind the front lines, maintaining supply lines, connecting armies with their home bases, and ultimately determining the outcome of battle. Beginning with the development of military vehicles in the early 1930s, this volume discusses the ways in which this new technology influenced and, to some extent, facilitated Hitler's program of rearmament. Nomenclature, standard equipment, camouflage and the combat roles of the various vehicles are thoroughly examined. Individual vehicle types are arranged and discussed by the following classifications: cars and motorcycles; trucks and tractors; half-tracks and wheeled combat vehicles. Accompanied by well-researched, detailed line drawings, each section deals with a number of individual vehicles, describing their design, manufacture and specific use.

Armored Vehicles of the German Army, 1905-1945

Author: Walter J. Spielberger
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764329418
Category : Armored vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
This classic, definitive series continues with this volume on German armored vehicles from 1905-1945. Spielberger, a leading expert in the field of German military vehicles, presents the wide variety of four-, six-, and eight-wheeled types and their wide range of uses in this richly illustrated technical documentation. Types include the WWII era Sd.Kfz.231, Sd.Kfz.222, Sd.Kfz.232, and many others from a wide variety of manufacturers.

Panzers in Berlin 1945

Author: Lee Archer
Publisher: In Focus
ISBN: 9781908032164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This 392-page book is lavishly illustrated with 360 mostly unpublished photographs that take the reader from the retreat at Seelow to collecting wrecks from central Berlin. Years of painstaking research and a network of like-minded researchers from across the globe have enabled the authors to piece together the who, where and why, including lists o

Allied Armored Fighting Vehicles

Author: George Bradford
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811740048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
Filled with 1:72-scale drawings of armored vehicles from the U.S., Britain, Canada, and Russia.

Fire Brigades

Author: Kamen Nevenkin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780921991922
Category : Tank warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Fire brigades, the Panzer Divisions 1943-1945 relates the full story of the Panzer Divisions from the turn of the tide against the Germans in 1943 to the bitter end in 1945. The author has compiled an unprecedented amount of detail on the 46 divisions designated or equipped as Panzer. All the active divisions from mid-1943 onwards, from the well known to the obscure, are comprehensively described -- Army, SS and Luftwaffe. The topics covered are; combat history, organization of the various formations and units within the division, monthly deliveries of armor, monthly condition reports and attachments to higher formations. There is also a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the development of the Panzer divsions and how their structure and role changed as the war situation deteriorated. The figures quoted are not those for a theoretical order of battle; these are the actual figures of troop and vehicle strengths, casualties, replacements, etc. This book is the definitive work on the subject and is an absolutely indispensible reference for the armored warfare enthusiast, military historian, wargamer and World War 2 researcher.

Historic Military Vehicles Directory

Author: Bart Vanderveen
Publisher: Sky Books PressLtd
ISBN: 9780900913570
Category : Vehicles, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
Arranged by country of manufacture, this book details transport and fighting vehicles (including armoured, multi-wheeled and tracked) produced for armies, air forces and other services. Each chapter is preceded by a narrative on that country's motorization and a pictorial survey highlights early-20th century models.