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…
This week has seen all of the interior and exterior tabs cleaned, threaded and fitted to allow for the blasting and priming of the 2…
Another look at the highly successful launch event here at the Weald Foundation premises of our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie armoured car. This provided us with the…
The experience of all those involved in the completion of our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie project and the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie that preceded it is mixture of elation…
The list of items requiring attention was drawn up just after the event when we discovered a few problems. Luckily none were serious. 2 fuel…
New evidence has emerged…. The German account of the Brasparts raid in Brittany on 16 August 1944 can now be expanded by the report from…
In response to those who asked for images of the Members Open Day 2024. For those of you who managed to attend an excellent event…
Last minute fittings took place this week. Only later in the week was the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie armoured car able to drive out for the very…
The Story Behind Our Brittany Sd.Kfz.223. Our 3 Series Sd.Kfz.223 was discovered abandoned behind the La Poste office in Sizun in Brittany, France. This Leichte…
Why was this armoured car abandoned? The most obvious questions here are which unit this armoured car belonged to and what was it doing outside…
The Horch 3.5 litre V8 of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie is now running beautifully. The engine has been run for some time over the week. This…