Inside Track
leichter Panzerspähwagen (le.Pz.Sp.Wg.)Exports – Part 2 – Bulgaria
In Part 1 of this Inside Track article, we looked at the export of the leichter Panzerspähwagen to China in 1937. Part 2 covers the…
June 12, 2022
In Part 1 of this Inside Track article, we looked at the export of the leichter Panzerspähwagen to China in 1937. Part 2 covers the…
The front half of the body for the SdKfz 222 le.Pz.Sp.Wg. German armoured car from WWII, together with its Schutzschild have now been fully blasted…
Members may be interested to learn that the leichter Panzerspähwagen le.Pz.Sp.Wg. series of Werk Horch AG light German armoured cars also served with the armies…
Blasting and priming all of the original (paint free) components for the exterior of the Sd.Kfz. 222 4.Serie armoured car, such as the grenade mesh…
Part 1 of the Inside Track article of 6 May 2022 introduced the topic of driving a leichter Panzerspähwagen and outlined the precautions described in…
Focus this week was on the turret fittings for the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie both internal and external. The mesh has arrived. This was made to our…
Be Aware! The Foundation’s work in recording the internal and external details of the only surviving le.Pz.Sp.Wg. Sd.Kfz.222 Ausf.A 4.Serie in the world has been…
As the launch date nears so does the urgency of all tasks. The problem is some of them such as the two rear Konsol rolling…
We have been requested many times for more images of the Sockellafette over the years. This has only increased recently with the postings about the…
One cannot fail to be impressed by the power of the Foundation’s Jagdpanther 411. But historically the introduction of the Jagdpanther to combat was less…
The wood for the instrument panel is now all in hand and the planing of the material to the exact thicknesses has begun. Each wooden…
Sole survivor The last article published on this topic (8th April titled rear floor layout) covered the large rack designed to hold two of the…
As the restoration of the Foundation’s first leichter Panzerspähwagen, the Sd.Kfz.222 Ausf.A armoured car, nears completion, it is important for us all to be aware…
As the Foundation approaches the final weeks of restoring the World’s only Sd.Kfz.222 Ausf.A the challenges, even with the smallest of fittings seem to increase.…
Over the many years, the Foundation has been restoring several original German Light Armoured Cars that we refer to as Sd.Kfz.222 (Ausf.A) 4.Serie, Sd.Kfz.223(Ausf.A) 3.Serie…
The floor is now fully fitted to the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie. The additional fittings for the bellows around the gear lever, handbrake and other components will…
It is now quite commonplace for the Foundation to discover “differences” in the many examples of the ‘same’ component. Our latest discovery in this regard…
The floor for the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie armoured car is now fully fitted awaiting the various small fittings for the gear lever, handbrake and foot pedals…
In a March 2022 Inside Track article, we provided a remarkably interesting document from the French archives that provided a landmark view into the thinking…
This week was a race to complete vital research for the floor of the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie armoured car – moving from the rear firewall area…
The restoration by the Foundation of the World’s only le.Pz.Sp.Wg (2cm) (Sd.Kfz.222) Ausf.A currently requires the assembly of the complete firewall. This Inside Track will…