Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.B (5 Serie) – Uncovering the Provenance Part 2 – a Sd.Kfz.223?
Its all in the number Members will no doubt noticed how we no longer mention the 5.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 project and have opted instead to refer…
September 7, 2018
Its all in the number Members will no doubt noticed how we no longer mention the 5.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 project and have opted instead to refer…
The archive documents provided to us were dated April and May 1918. What is key within the documents is not only the information, instruction and…
The recently acquired documents added to the known detail we had on the antenna rope and cable. The 60mm (should be 75mm) trailing or guide…
It’s a wrap! Our previous article on the floor plate for the Jagdpanther examined whether we had made a error in using the diamond shaped…
The Last Frontier in Sight We began our Renault TSF project knowing nothing about the interior of the vehicle, save for a basic loading plan…
Its all in the design Original images of the interior of the early armoured car series (Ausf A) are hard to find. Planning the floor…
Another article requested from some of our members which deserves another airing. We have lived through years of indecision of what these bins should look…
As we reported in last week’s Inside Track, our second Jagdpanther Fahrgestell Nummer 303110 was photographed sitting in the finishing hall of MNH shortly after…
At long last In addition to our French and German Collections the Weald Foundation set out plan to build a collection of AFVs produced during…
Hiding in plain sight In the many years since the completion of our first Jagdpanther project several issues have come to light which we have…
The team have now successfully stripped the fahrgestell and are now considering the path required to repair or replace the poor or missing parts. The…
Our Typ v fahrgestell was originally identified as having originally belonged to a Sd.Kfz 223 by our long time trustee Tom Jentz. Tom spent decades…
Who, when and for what application was the chassis supplied? Our 5 Serie chassis has the fahrgestellnummer (chassis number) 8110027. This denotes the vehicle as…
Our research into the battery boxes and their construction was complete – the next step was to fit the newly made battery boxes and radio…
Another point discovered in our final weeks of restoration of these two machines was the tool requirement for both vehicles. The loading plan of the…
From The Rubble Emerged… This Jagdpanther has a very exciting history. In November 1944 the firm of Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen Hannover (MNH) commenced assembly of Jagdpanther…
Following the completion of our Renault FT and our Renault TSF we are now ready to gather together all the detail to deal with the…
Pi and Pixels A struggle for over 6 months prior to the launch of the Renault TSF was to find a solution to the rope…
In the final weeks of the Renault FT and TSF project we continue to encounter differences between the finishing of both vehicles. In the case…
Our experiences in selecting the paint once we had the NCS code in hand are worthy of a mention at this late stage in the…
A recent piece on this subject established that the seat base was made of oak. The seat base was sent off for analysis when we…