ODDITIES


       
    German captured Russian air sled with MG-34 mounted                                  German captured Russian Aerosan


Russian  Aerosan in German service


 




Panzerfähre amphibious vehicle

Another view of the Panzerfähre


Geschützwagen MkVI(e)
150mm howitzer mounted onto Vickers tank chassis

 

Country Codes for Adopted Foreign Equipment

a - United States

b - Belgium

e - England

f  - France

h - The Netherlands

i  - Italy

k - Canada

ö - Austria

p - Poland

r  - Russia

t  - Czechoslovakia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







     
 





Land Wasser Schlepper amphibious vehicle

Another view of the LWS amphibious craft meant for “Operation Sealion”

 


Land Wasser Schlepper starboard view
 





Schwimmpanzerwagen II swimming tank



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 



 


German experimental amphibious craft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STRANGE VEHICLES OF PRE-WAR GERMANY
&
THE THIRD REICH
(1928-1945)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 










PzKpfw 38(t) with floatation equipment



 


Schildkröte amphibious armored car




Schildkröte III











Skoda LR30 Amphibious Design




                  
     
                       
           



PzKpfw III Tauchpanzer underwater tank

 





 



Underwater Tiger Design w/ twin Schnorkels (1 for crew and 1 for motor)




 

 

Underwater Maus w/Schnorkel







Middle vehicle is rare Wasser-Goliath amphibious prototype




 







 


Acetylene Training Panther





Raketenwerfer auf Fahrgestell PzKpfw IV










PzKpfw III Ausf N als Schienen-Kettenfahrzeug






Heuschrecke 10 mobile pillbox




Ballistik-Messfahrzeug auf schwere Panzerspähwagen Ballistic Measuring Vehicle

1935 HL K1 37mm ATG


































SPA Radschlepper 110 PS (i) towing a V-2!!!






SdKfz-251 with T-34 turrret


 


Completely unknown armored tractor prototype… captured by Germans

  





Feuerleitfahrzeug für V-2 Rakenten fire control vehicle




1940 experimental V-809 Tatra All-Wheel-Drive vehicle
with 3 liter OHC in-line 4 engine

Goliath 3-wheeled car

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ambi-Budd Werke Flying Car Concept, DELA, Berlin, 1932



Tracked Kübelwagen


    



German Armored Trolley

 

Hitler’s experimental 1941 DRG 19.1001 train

 

 

 

Trans-European Wide-track Project

 

 




NSU-2 Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle



Kettenkrad towing a Me-262 jet fighter



Kettenkrad towing an Arado 234 jet bomber

 

 


Captured Danish armored Harley-Davidson motorcycle
used by the Germans!




 


TWN (Triumph Werke Nürnberg) proposed airborne scooter

The outline specification was:

Speed: 30mph
Cruising range: 180 miles
Weight: 132lbs
Engine: 125cc
Load capacity: 300lbs
Tire size: 4.00 x 7.

 


 

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