Successful Heritage Fund visit, Sd.Kfz.261 suspension progresses
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…
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…
An exciting part of completing any project, beyond ensuring the restoration details are as close as possible to the original, is to locate and secure…
Part 2 – The Hochantenne (High Antenna) The following is essentially a translation from an Ausbildungsvorschrift (Training document) with additional input from other documents and…
The team managed a great deal this week in bringing the armoured body panels up into the Fabrication Hall and making good progress on repairing…
Our work this week involved not only our research guys, a bit of luck and painstaking gathering of components for our armoured car projects. Not…
When used by the Wehrmacht the Leichter Panzerspähwagen (Fu) Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A was fitted with a 30-Watt Sender – W.S.30 (transmitter) and a Tornister Empfänger -Torn…
There are so many interesting historical aspects to these early leichter Panzerspähwagen that must be preserved and documented as many detailed technical features were eliminated…