8,8cm Pak 43 Project – New Acquisitions
Onwards A major effort over the past year during the pandemic has just concluded. This was to repatriate number of key components of the Foundation’s…
December 23, 2020
Onwards A major effort over the past year during the pandemic has just concluded. This was to repatriate number of key components of the Foundation’s…
To research the leichter Panzerspähwagen it is necessary to avail of every source of information possible. Building on the historical outline laid down in Panzer…
Is the bin back? We discussed the discovery in our last piece (Part 1) of how late ‘low net’ 4.Serie Sd.Kfz.222 (Ausf.A) predominantly has a…
Huge Progress The long awaited (also by ourselves) second Jagdpanther project has not been neglected. On the contrary we have been very successful gathering key…
Putting a date on delivery Our research into the fittings on the Aufbau (body) for our Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie involved the full examination of the Winkerschutz…
Work In Progress With the reassembly of the Panzerwanne for the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie and Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie progressing it is now time to sort out…
The Foundation’s research into the exterior finish of the four original leichter Panzerspähwagen that we are currently restoring brings us into detailed and interesting areas.…
Restoration of the driver’s seat box A large number of you have been asking for Renault FT articles to be published once more. Let us…
The optics appeared to have been dropped in their original transit case, which was also in a very bad state. We received an enquiry whether…
Yet more differences The transfer of Panzerwanne production from Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW) to the Austrian Company Schöller Bleckmann AG was heralded by a number of…
Previous research uncovered the variety of options available to teams all those years ago in fitting replacements to taps damaged or lost on the 3.5…
Fake News 1944! The Weald Foundation is delighted to be able to release a comprehensive update on the armour thickness found in the Ausf.A leichter…
A distant relative We have not found any major differences between the 3 and 4.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 rear when compared to the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie rear. The…
A number of you have been asking how many genuine le.Pz.Sp.Wg armoured cars there are in the world. The internet provides a plethora of lookalikes…
Hiding in Plain Sight Our last piece on the subject covered the range of taps fitted to the Horch V8 3.5 litre engine fitted to…
A key new acquisition for the Sd.Kfz.222 project Following on from our recent piece on the antenna base for the Antennenfuss Nr.1 identified as belonging…
A comparison of the two rubber base types In Part 1 of our article on the Antenna Assembly for our 4 Serie Sd.Kfz.222 we covered…
From the Archive: The polygonal turret is rare in relation to the cast Berliet variety. Our previous entries covering the restoration of our polygonal turret…
The information regarding the taps on the engine and radiator has been extracted from the various manuals: D664/5 Gerätbeschreibung und Bedienungsanweisung (Operating instructions) – Einheitsfahrgestell…
From the Archive: The key component of the Renault FT and TSF suspension examined. This part of the project was only made possible by the…
Holder for Rod Antenna and Loudspeaker The Foundation’s searches for original items for our projects are nowadays only kicked off once we have determined exactly…