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Minenräumpanzer III / Minenräumgerät mit PzKpfw Antrieb



One of the most interesting prototypes based Panzer III's chassis was Minenräumpanzer III - mine clearing/mine destroyer tank. This was another extremely weird vehicle developed by Krupp. The idea was simply to run all over the mines with a reinforced kit of tracks, the high clearance of the hull minimizing the blast to the crew compartment.



It proved to be unsuccessful and never entered production.

ALKETT VSKFZ 617 MINENRAUMER - the Minesweeping Giant Armored Tractor

 

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German minisubmarine "
Neger"

 

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German minisubmarine “Hecht"

 

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"PzKpfw VII (schwere) Löwe". Germany, 1942

 

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SKODA RSO MILITARY TRACTORS

 

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Porsche Type 250 - Sonderfahrzeug VI / Porsche Type 255
May of 1944

 

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WORLD'S FIRST ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIERS



Kätzchen, prototype APC vehicle

 

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BMM Kätzchen, World’s first dedicated APC, 1945

Type : Armored Personnel Carrier
Length : 4.22m (13.9 ft)
Width : 2.34m (7.7 ft)
Height : 1.45m (4.8 ft)
Engine : Maybach HL50
Armament : 1 or 2 7.92mm MG42 Machine Gun

 

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SS "SCHWARZWOLF"

(1945)
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN - theoretical prototype Wolf concept

 

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Skoda LR30 Amphibious Design

 

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WAFFENTRÄGERSCHREITPANZER “LÄUFER”

 

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PANZERFLUCH AUSF G

The Third Reich’s answer to the British MBW is fully committed to a fearsome anti-armor role. Loud and lumbering, this behemoth crashes through the underbrush with its mere presence instilling dread in enemy tank crews. While proving highly effective against American Shermans, and the Soviet KV-1s and T-34s, its lack of speed and maneuverability made it desperately vulnerable to anti-tank infantry.


Key Features:

-Cannon terminates in a tightened muzzle break that employs a Gerlich effect.
-Free hand clamp used as self righter, and to carry extra loads of equipment.

PANZERKAMPFGEHER - Walking Tanks

 

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BRITISH MAIN BATTLE WALKER

First introduced in the European Theatre by British forces in 1943, the Mk1 was an introduction that changed the battlefield. As unreliable and temperamental as the first tanks in WW1 were, the Mk1s still functioned as an incredibly versatile, all-purpose weapon. This particular model is fitted with a 105mm howitzer.



Key Features:

- Modular clamp hands for multiple weapon mounting options.
- Hatch placed on rotating head.
- Light machine gun mounting for a close quarters anti-personnel role.
- Arm joints covered in a jacket to prevent the elements from fouling operation.
- Legs are always plagued with problems; an escort accompanies with spare parts, and repair and maintenance engineers.

 

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AVISO GRILLE

(1935-1951)

In July 1940 a couple of weeks after the fall of France, the German Navy began plans for Operation Seelöwe (Sealion), the invasion of England along a 275-mile front from Ramsgate to Portland.

STAGE ONE of the plan was to overwhelm the British fleet in the North Sea and English Channel, followed by the occupation of the southern counties of England.

STAGE TWO was for Hitler's triumphant arrival in the Port of
London on board a suitably royal yacht, the Aviso Grille, to receive Britain's surrender at Whitehall.

STAGE THREE of the journey was for the Führer to travel along the river Thames on board one of Grille's three pinnaces, Motorboot 1 later to become known as Grillet.

After the victorious arrival in London, Hitler was to proceed without delay by motor boat to Windsor Castle, already earmarked as his 'London home'. In preparation for the conqueror's voyage of victory, Grille, with Grillet on board, had been moved from the Baltic to Belgium and made ready in Ostend.

This would not have been that ship's first visit to the Thames. At the outbreak of war she had been laying mines in the Thames Estuary, the first German surface vessel to enter British territorial waters after the outbreak of war.

Although Hitler was subject to seasickness and not a confident sailor, his choice of arrival was intended as a mark of respect for the Kriegsmarine and to signal to the world the defeat of the Royal Navy. This is the story of Grille, and of Motorboot 1 now known as Grillet.

full text
http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/AVISO GRILLE.htm

 

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