Axis Vehicles in the WWII (1)
Warning: The originals photos, texts, films, music, etc ... of the period previous to 1921 year -see the Act of the US Congress about it - have no copyright and belong to the public domain. However, those same pictures, I process this blog, when I restore and paint the pictures, then the right of modification is produced, ie that are protected by full copyright law, in this case mine. Of course there are many more laws in the world, declared in the public domain photographs (which is the topic at hand), in very later dates to the aforementioned (Example: WWII, Korea, etc ...).
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Panzerspähwagen-Nachbildung Büssing (Bussing Armored-Simulation Vehicle of the Reichswehr, 1928)
German Panzerspähwagen-Nachbildung Büssing.
(Bussing Armored-Simulation Vehicle of the Reichswehr M1928)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Cuban Improvised Mack Armored Car Type 1. Built in 1933.
Cuban
Improvised Mack Armored Car (1933)
View Post Friday, October 19, 2012
(http://tanks-and-support-vehicles-1925to1950.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/cuban-improvised-mack-armored-car.html)
which demonstrates that oral testimony, attesting that the Cuban armored car
was built on a US truck chassis "Liberty", are erroneous.
The armored car was built in 1933, on the chassis of
an American truck "Mack AC" of 1917.
At first, not knowing the true origin of the chassis,
I decided to call Type 1, but now we know its chassis, the correct name would
be "Mack Armored Car".
Note:
as you can see by the pictures of the two Post dedicated to Mack Armored Car
model, there is little difference in size of the rear platform of wood, between
the two vehicles. Are these two different vehicles, or just a small reform?.
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Coche Blindado Improvisado Cubano
Mack (1933)
Ver el Post
del viernes, 19 octubre de 2012
(http://tanks-and-support-vehicles-1925to1950.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/cuban-improvised-mack-armored-car.html) donde
se demuestra, que los testimonios orales, que atestiguan que el coche blindado
cubano se realizó sobre el chasis de un camión estadounidense
"Liberty'", son erroneos.
Este coche
blindado se construyó en 1933, sobre el chasis de un camión estadounidense
"Mack AC" de 1917.
En un
principio, desconociendo el verdadero orígen del chasis, opté por llamarlo Tipo
1, pero ahora que ya conocemos su chasis, la denominación correcta sería la de
"Coche Blindado Mack".
Nota: como puede observarse por las
fotografías de los dos Post dedicados al modelo del Coche Blindado Mack, existe
una pequeña diferencia de tamaño en las plataformas traseras de madera, entre
ambos vehículos. ¿Se trata de dos vehículos diferentes, o simplemente de una pequeña
reforma?.
Cuban Improvised Garford Armored Car Type 2. Circa 1933.
Cuban Improvised Armored Car Garford, Type 2.
This Cuban Improvised Armored Car Garford (Type 2), for the first time correctly classified, participate in the military parade celebrated in Havana (La Habana) in May 1934, a year after the success of the "Cuban Revolution of 1933".
It was done on a short Garford truck, tractor type (normally used in the U.S. for the transport of large tree trunks, placed on an independent platform towed by the truck). The transmission (4x2) was by the chain on the rear wheel axle (see in the photograph the chain pendant characteristic together with the extensive rear wheel).
We have classified as "Type 2" because earlier (see next post) was another armored car of similar style, but
with a longer chassis type,
with prominent motor
case (unlike this Garford having the
engine retracted) and with the back featuring
a precarious platform. In this model, which we
call "Type 1", is attributed a chassis "Liberty", but the bad quality of photography does not
confirm this news or
another possible origin attribute.
Apparently the armored car "Type 1" intervened in the fighting in the Hotel Nacional in Havana during the revolution of 1933 mentioned. This action caused some casualties among the crew when, from the terrace of the hotel mentioned, the vehicle received numerous shots through his large hatches.
The Garford Armored Car "Type 2" is very probably made in late 1933 or early 1934, as I was better developed than the "Type 1".
Apparently the armored car "Type 1" intervened in the fighting in the Hotel Nacional in Havana during the revolution of 1933 mentioned. This action caused some casualties among the crew when, from the terrace of the hotel mentioned, the vehicle received numerous shots through his large hatches.
The Garford Armored Car "Type 2" is very probably made in late 1933 or early 1934, as I was better developed than the "Type 1".
Coche Blindado
Improvisado Cubano Garford, Tipo 2.
Este Coche Blindado Improvisado Garford (Tipo 2) realizado en Cuba, y por primera vez clasificado correctamente, participa en un desfile celebrado en La Habana en mayo de 1934, un año después del éxito de la "Revolución Cubana de 1933".
Fue realizado sobre un camión
corto Garford, tipo cabeza tractora (usado normalmente en EEUU para el
transporte de grandes troncos de árboles, colocados sobre una plataforma
independiente remolcada por el camión). La transmisión (4x2) era por cadena
sobre el eje de la rueda trasera (véase en la fotografía la característica
cadena colgante junto a la amplia rueda trasera).
Lo he clasificado como
"Tipo 2" porque anteriormente (ver siguiente post) hubo otro coche
blindado de similar estilo, aunque con un tipo de chasis más largo y con la caja
del motor bien visible (contrariamente a este Garford que tiene el motor
retraído) y con la parte trasera presentando una precaria plataforma. A este
modelo, que hemos dado en llamar "Tipo 1", se le atribuye un chasis
"Liberty", pero la mala calidad de la fotografía no permite confirmar
esta noticia ni atribuirle otro posible origen.
Al parecer el Coche
Blindado "Tipo 1" intervino en los combates en el Hotel Nacional de
La Habana durante la mencionada Revolución de 1933. Esta acción provocó algunas
bajas en la tripulación cuando, desde la terraza del mencionado hotel, el
vehículo recibió numerosos disparos a través de sus amplias escotillas.
El Coche Blindado Garford
"Tipo 2", mucho mejor elaborado que el "Tipo 1" y por lo
tanto de factura posterior, es bastante probable que se fabricase a finales de
1933 ó a principios de 1934.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Spanish Republican 'Field' Armored Truck Type 3, Aragon Front, early 1937.
Spanish Republican 'Field' Armored Truck Type 3.
Aragon Front, early 1937.
Armored Car 'Field', Type 3.
The photography shows one of the two copies of
Field Armored Cars Type 3,
manufactured in the workshops of the "Construction Field" of Barcelona,
in late 1936. Probably were performed on American truck chassis "Federal". The approximate weight of the vehicle was 8,000 kg. Armament
consisted of one or more Hotchkiss
Machine Guns of 7.7-mm. Also the crew of the Armored
Car could fire with their rifles, from five loopholes in the hull and from the passenger seat of the driver
as well as from the turret.
Back of the first vehicle, appears partially an Hispano-Suiza 3H6 Armored Car of the First Series, with three men on the turret. These vehicles were also manufactured in Barcelona on the same dates. This photography belongs to a series in which Republican column appears composed of several Armored Cars.The photographs were taken at the Aragon Front in January 1937.
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Coche Blindado
'Field', Tipo 3.
La fotografía muestra uno
de los dos ejemplares de Coches
Blindados Field Tipo 3, fabricados en los talleres de la "Constructora
Field" de Barcelona, a finales de 1936. Probablemente se realizaron sobre
chasis de camiones estadounidenses "Federal". El peso aproximado del
vehículo era de 8.000 Kg. El armamento consistía en una o más ametralladoras
Hotchkiss de 7,7-mm. También la dotación del blindado podía disparar sus
fusiles desde cinco aspilleras en el casco y desde el puesto del acompañante
del conductor, así como desde la torreta.
Detrás del primer vehículo,
aparece parcialmente un Coche Blindado
Hispano-Suiza 3H6 de la primera serie, con tres hombres sobre la torreta.
Estos vehículos también fueron fabricados en Barcelona en las mismas fechas.
Esta fotografía pertenece a una serie en la que aparece una columna republicana
compuesta de varios coches blindados. Las fotografías fueron
tomadas en el Frente de Aragón en enero de 1937.
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