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Research and the search for parts continues. Research on the final 28 items on the Project List for the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie. Some of these items…
December 22, 2023
Research and the search for parts continues. Research on the final 28 items on the Project List for the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie. Some of these items…
Some months ago, we published our ‘Open Item List’ for the restoration of the Foundation’s Le.Pz.Sp.Wg (FU) (Sd.Kfz.223) Ausf.A -3.Serie. As this was well received…
The volunteers, donors and the huge support given by all of you during 2023 has provided a resonance to all we do here at the…
The race is on to complete the many smaller tasks for the interior and exterior of the le.Pz.Sp.Wg. armoured car. The gunner’s seat for the…
With the safe recovery of our Sd.Kfz.222 (Ausf.A) 4.Serie -Uberzug für Schutzschild (canvas cover) for the Schützschild (turret) we take a fresh look at the…
The Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is progressing very well. The very detailed leatherwork is underway on the Feldflasche water canteen holders. They have already been painted in…
Origins – the mittlerer Mannschaftstransportwagen ungepanzerte (medium troop carrier unarmoured) A recent Inside Track article about the Foundation’s outstanding original m.S.P.W. (Sd.Kfz.251) Ausf.D from 1945…
The Weald Foundation would like to invite all our Members to our first big event for 2024, where we will be launching the only running…
Focus on the TWC Sd.Kfz.223 was on the floor supports and transmission cover. Each sheet has been fixed in place with countersunk screws. The transmission…
Bremsschlussleuchte – Brake Light Members may remember that in previous Inside Track articles we referred to an original bulletin dated 18 August 1939 (before the…
Part 2 On 16 December 2016, our previous Inside Track article on this subject of pre-war Halter für MG Magazin was published. We were assisted…
The Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie continues to progress with each passing day. The leather work in belts, straps and buckles has focussed on the map case, the…
Our Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz.251) Ausf.D which was restored around the early 2000s has worked hard in providing exciting transportation for various groups of people including…
Part 1 Background and le.S.P.W. (Sd.Kfz.250 Ausf.B) production The drive by the Board of the Foundation to achieve 100% accuracy extends not only to the…
Progress on the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie armoured car has been good this week. The left hand firewall section is complete and primed and the original right…
Our Funkersitz for the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie has recently taken a big leap forward with the assistance of a seemingly innocuous period image and the discovery…
Hilary Louis Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee This book by Terence T. Cuneo and was published in January 1943. As a young boy with an interest…
This week has been significant for our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie project. Very rare original brake lights long since identified have been secured, a very early Torn…
May we firstly extend our apologies to those of you who have struggled with the detail of this topic in the Inside Track research articles…
The Doppeltrommel saddle drum magazine holder for the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is almost complete. This will herald the path for another 3 of these for fitting…
One of the major questions to be answered now is just what the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie would have looked like back in October 1939…