Pzkpfw-e Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 OK folks. This little gem resides in a museum in Italy. Anyone know what it is and who made it? More pictures here http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=96723#96723 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schliesser92 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Apart from the standard half-tracks, the Germans had quite a few so-called Maulier (Mule) conversions, involving standard trucks and, usually, old tank chassis (ie PzKw 1). They also played with other track units. This could have been a local conversion job , using what was to hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I've seen a Mercedes 4 x 2 box van of this cab type which was made for / used by the US Army Corps of Engineers immediately post-WW2. Since that back bogie is from a US half track I'd guess this unit was German, Austrian, or Swiss built maybe in the late 1940s using a variety of components. The Swiss, in particular, had a use for this sort of vehicle in the Alps. Gordon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Reading the website that the photo was taken from and seeing the pump engine unit, I would say it was built in Italy ( where it resides in the museum), as the engine is a Folkmotor, which in turn was a copy of the Condor engine, made in Milano. Folkmotor company started up after WW2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Shouldn't be too difficult to make yourself if you'd had acces to the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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