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Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie armoured hull back together after 80 years
The armoured hull for the Sd.Kfz.261 crafted from the many pieces and panels we have gathered over more than 25 years is now complete. The…
September 13, 2024
The armoured hull for the Sd.Kfz.261 crafted from the many pieces and panels we have gathered over more than 25 years is now complete. The…
Part 1 – The Engine Bay Given the great interest in the Sturmgeschütz among our members who are part of the modelling fraternity we have…
Part III – D.E.W. is moved to bigger things. In the last two Inside Track articles about “Armour protection of the leichter Panzerspähwagen” we introduced…
Our teams are working steadily on 2 fronts – the first is the completion of the armoured body and the second is machining and refurbishing…
Part II -the prequel Our recent Inside Track article discussed how the armour thickness of the Foundation’s three le.Pz.Sp.Wg. was only designed to protect the…
As members of the Weald Foundation, you will no doubt be aware we have made and continue to make a number of documentaries on vehicles…
On the machining front our team are busy with the required parts for the suspension assemblies of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie. This work is continuing at…
The Foundation is often asked about the armour protection of our three leichter Panzerspähwagen. Especially so since we have been featuring our restoration specialists bringing…
One of our final tasks in completing the external facing armoured body of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is safely bringing back the badly bent and shattered…
The Foundation’s process of establishing the book ends utilising Fahrgestellnummern (chassis numbers) is once again in focus as we work to determine the exterior detail…
It often comes as a surprise to learn that most German armoured vehicles were not equipped with radios that would allow them to communicate with…
The armoured hull is now within days of completion as the team fits the remaining upper front panels – bonnet and the driver’s visor area.…
In 1939 South Africa was known as the ‘Union of South Africa’, a British Empire Dominion that allowed it co-equal status with the United Kingdom.…
While the Weald Foundation is not uniform collector, we have found an overlap with this field in the securing of Gasmaskendose (Gas Mask Container) to…
A good week for the team. Both the left and right hand sides of the frontal armour section containing the left and right hand doors,…
The last Inside Track article on this topic was in December 2022. This covered the Behälter fϋr Sprengminen (holder for explosive mines). A great deal…
The work to assemble the rear armour of the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is now complete. The work to reassemble the plates for the front armoured hull…
Part 1 of this Inside Track article identified the first two types of Ölmessstab (Dipstick) ending with the correct dipstick as determined for our 1939…
Behälter (Holder) In Part 1 we covered the two types of Stationsuhr (Station Clocks) that are within and are necessary for the Weald Foundation collection.…
The painstaking process of straightening the original armour panels over many hours is yielding results. The original body of our Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie chassis is starting…
2024 Update Due to a delayed shipment of important parts, we are proceeding with the unscheduled restoration of our Kleiner Panzerfunkwagen (Sd.Kfz.261) Ausf.B, 5.Serie. We…