Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie and Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie – Luftfilter (Air Filter) – Part 2
In Part 1 of our Inside Track article on Luftfilter for our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie and Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie we discussed the evolution of the air filter…
June 17, 2021
In Part 1 of our Inside Track article on Luftfilter for our Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie and Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie we discussed the evolution of the air filter…
A very visible and vital component of the engine bay of all Ausf.A le.Pz.Sp.Wg. is the Luftfilter (Air filter). However, there are also no known…
The End Of An Era Andre Becker (†96), (see attached image)who passed away recently, was one of the best known and greatest collectors of military…
Some of you might be wondering why the Foundation is spending so much time on small details such as those that make up the Entstörung…
Our recent work on the Ölfilter for earlier 3.5 liter V8 engine of the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie and Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie clarified the detail required for…
A new adventure! The Foundation’s careful conservation effort to remove all surface paint from our Sd.Kfz.222 chassis to reveal the original paint underneath was rewarded…
Land At Last As is often the case once one historic query is raised it can trigger much wider investigations. This has happened because of…
Better early than late? Our first Jagdpanther project presented us with a significant challenge when searching for the correct main gun for our Fahrgestellnummer 303086.…
Swimming against the flow! The Weald Foundation research team have debated at length the selection of the colour for our 3.5 liter engine block. A…
Photo focus on the StuG III’s main gun sight Photo focus this week is in response to some of you requesting a return to some…
Crime Call / Crime Watch on the Eastern and Home Front The following paragraph in one of our recent Inside Track articles “A Key discovery…
Out of the fog (for now) Our last piece ended : The ‘1939 light configuration’ to coin a phrase, has little to work from other…
The Brackets We introduced the topic of brackets for the Ölfilter in our previous Inside Track article Part 1. The brackets or fixings are quite…
The discovery of two key rings both bearing the same Fahrgestellnummer (chassis number) was a first for us here at the Weald Foundation. Such key…
Convoy Lamp? Following our earlier decision to complete the Weald Foundation Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie in the same finish as she left the assembly line of M.N.H.,…
Abstands-Rücklicht – Stand-off rear light This iconic rear light is often referred to as the Notek rear light but the correct designation of this device…
A Clear Choice? Our last Inside Track article raised questions about the identities of three 5.Serie 3.8 litre V8 Engine oil filler necks all belonging…
From the inestimable thousands of air filters produced during WW II surprisingly few have survived in used form let alone as NOS (new old stock)…
On further investigation our previous “Inside Track” piece on the oil filler cap was erroneous. In that article we announced we had found the correct…
Now for the difficult part Part 1 of this article was published last week. In this we exposed the identity of the Krümmer using the…
Since our last piece on Kraftstoffpumpe for our le.Pz.Sp.Wg. more information has now come to light. We made the decision to persevere with the earlier,…