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I believe the sources for the Middle Eastern MP44's were the DDR and Yugoslavia.

Indeed, I made a typo in the link, it should be http://www.g503.com/ as Ivor pointed out.

If you are referring to the chassisnumber, that can be found in lots of books, and you can also have a look on http://www.503.com/ . :-)

That's a beauty! Welcome!

I don't know of any centralized forum for WW2 German vehicles other than Bart Lemmens' site, just bits & pieces on that subject on other forums. :undecided:

You could try to set one up yourself with phpBB freeware. :angel:

Try http://www.vw166.com/ ; it is mainly for Kubels, Schwimmers & Kettenkrads, but might still be helpful for you and has a classifieds-section.

Also, the 'Achtung Panzer'-section of the Wehrmacht-Awards board has a lot of knowledge on vehicles.

I hope that helps!

Greetz

David

Before going to Auburn it was on display at the Victory Memorial Museum in Arlon, where it was also restored. The chassis is original, the running gear might be original or chopped 1-ton, the body is almost completely replica.

That said, an (almost completely) original example might fetch a 7 digit price if one would become available, and original bodyparts do turn up now and then. So in all, the price might not be completely out of whack although it is still a lot of money.

Greetz

David

Thanks! I hope I can get it to work again! :-D

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David

Thanks for the replies! So it is in fact military issue? It looks to be in great condition, but I need to replace the rubber/leather washers. Are those the standard size, easy to find?

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David

Hi all,

I was given this cooker a few years ago. It looks like the British WW2 model cooker, but can anyone confirm that? It has been painted over, but it seems to be complete. I can't find any military- or date mark, although some sort of dataplate is under the pain.

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David

I think it is the old model RNLAF ceremonial dress jacket. Ranks on these were in gold; in this case the 3 even stripes indicating a lieutenant-colonel.

Greetz

David

The Germans probably captured anumber of DC3's from national airlines of occupied countries, such as the Dutch KLM.

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David

It may even be an earlier CJ2A, but body and windshield have been modified. If I'm not mistaken it has the steering linkage affixed from the frame rather than the front axle, so it's not a WW2 frame. I don't know if there are differences between CJ2A and CJ3A frames; you might get a better response from http://www.g503.com/forums/ if you post it there.

Not sure what printed manual it is in, but perhaps this will help you:

http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=73879

http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=74035

http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=74438

http://www.g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=77299

Greetz

David

Yep there are a lot of nice early parts, a lot of Fs too which is nice (just hidden under lots of paint!). The engine block is Willys but the head is ford and F marked. I have heard that a lot of the early ford engines had a habbit of cracking and this may have been one of them.

A friend just had an original Ford engine internally rebuilt and I did the outside (optical) bit. Indeed lots of original 'F'-markings came from under the paint; always a nice surprise! It has a NOS head and nearly all other parts are Ford as well. When I do some pics I'll post them here.

I had a lot of help from the 'MVPA GPW Judging Guide' that can be found on http://www.g503.com/.

Greetz

David

Nice early inletmanifold! Is it an original Ford engine? Other parts F-marked?

I think they're Russian AT-S tracked tow tracktors.

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David

A (preliminary) list of participating vehicles:

7 Zündapp KS 750

3 BMW R 75

1 DKW RT 100

1 DKW N2 350-1

12 Kettenkrad

1 Anhänger Kettenkrad

1 Motorwärmer 38 Anhänger

1 Mercedes Benz 170 V

4 Kübelwagen

3 Schwimmwagen

1 Schwimmwagen Trippel

1 Opel Olympia

1 Peugeot PKW (Wehrmacht)

3 Horch 901 Typ 40

1 Opel Blitz

1 Opel Blitz Wekstattwagen

1 Opel Blitz Feurwehrwagen Allrad

1 Ford V 3000S

2 Steyr 2000A

1 Einheitsdiesel

1 Halbkette SdKfz 250

1 Halbkette SdKfz 251

4 1-Tonner Zugmachine

1 5- Tonner Zugmachine

2 8- Tonner Zugmachine

1 Panzer Hetzer

2 Panzer 38T

There will be an official record attempt to get as many Kettenkrads driving at the same time! :-D

Hi all,

the 'Militracks' German Vehicle Show will be held for the third time on May 19 & 20, 2012 at the Liberty Park Museum in Overloon, The Netherlands (about 40 km under Nijmegen). This event will feature a selection of original WW2 German vehicles in restored, fully operational condition that will drive around the off-road course about 1 mile in lenght that is specially set out in the museum park.

Visitors will again get the opportunity to buy a ticket for a ride around the course in a vehicle of their choice (if available). At previous events all participating vehicles did that, and it was great fun for public and owners alike!

On both days there will also be a militaria market, and on sunday there will also be an in-door military modellers' show.

Opening hours on both days are 10.00 - 18.00; entrance is €10.00/pp per day and includes access to Militracks, the militaria market and the entire museum itself.

Participation is on invitation only, but all visitors are welcome of course!

For an impression of the past events just do a search on 'militracks' on youtube, or on this forum.

Greetz

David

I don't know if you checked Gary Hebding's site, but he offers '90s production tracks for $1295 each (and shipping of course).

http://www.halftracks.com/index.cfm

Greetz

David

You can better get a conditioner rather than a trickle charger. I believe constant loading will destroy a battery eventually!

Fully charge the battery and then hook it up to the conditioner while laid up. A conditioner will minutely de-charge and re-charge the battery constantly.

Greetz

David

Here is a line-up of covers:

The two on top are Mitchell-pattern; the one on the left is the earlier 'short finger' type (all fingers are the same lenght); most of these were modified by the users by cutting 2 slits for the helmet chinstraps. The one on the right is the later (ca. 1965 onwards) 'long finger' type, which has 2 deeper cuts on opposite sides for the shell's chinstraps.

The other ones are the ERDL-pattern (right) and Woodland-pattern (left). Some early Woodland ones are nearly the same as ERDL....

Better pic of the ERDL & Woodland camouflage.

Greetz

David

I had one of these covers years ago now in plain olive drab......never seen another since........

There are some pics of US troops using those in the post-Korea period, but they seem to have been superseded quickley by the Mitchell-pattern covers.

The ERDL and woodland patterns are quite similar, so it may be a bit difficult to ID correctly. Woodland was developed from the ERDL pattern.

The ones we used in the 70s were lighter green, leaf flecked and not the woodland cammo which came out with the ripstop uniform at same time. These were maybe on issue but we never seen them in the airborne until the dates I mentioned. More like this cover below

 

This is the Mitchell-pattern camo cover, in use from the late 1950's onwards. It was the standard cover in Vietnam and without any doubt was still in use with many units until de M1 helmet was replaced with kevlar pot. I think I still have around 50 of these covers, plus about 20 each of the ERDL and woodland covers in a box somewhere.

I'll do a pic of the 3 types of cover together next weekend, for reference.

This one is dated 1977, but the first contract ERDL camo pattern helmet cover was tested in 1969 in Vietnam. It wasn't issued in greater numbers untill after 1973, though. You can see them on pics made during the evacuation of the US embassy in Saigon in 1975.

As indicated above, it was issued from about 1975 until the M1 helmet was phased out; from about 1980 onwards together with a woodland camo pattern cover.

Greetz

David