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German Coastguard semi-track
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Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 05:32 AM UTC
does anyone have reference on this vehicle based on the 3 ton semi-track? do any of our german speaking/writing members have a site name or be willing to act as translator between bunde site since my greman is limited? I have a picture of the vehicle if anyone needs one

thanks, "war pig 8"
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Posted: Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 02:33 PM UTC
I checked my books but there was just one picture in an old
book about German halftracks, it is a left side view of one of them
going over the hump of sand between the road and the beach.
The front wheels of another is in the foreground.
To me it looks as if the superstructure from a bus/ambulance
has been transplanted onto a halftrack chassis.
It has a high "forehead" sort of, it resembles this Soviet one in the
general appearance even if the German one ought to have been
based on a German bus/ambulance:
http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/galleries/buses/PARM/Parm-1_1938a-bp1.jpg

Lots of interesting Soviet subjects for scratchbuilding here by the way:
http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/galleries.htm

/ Robin
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Posted: Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 09:24 PM UTC
I was sent a reference from David Fletcher from the Bovington Museum , to locate a copy of Army-Navy Modelworld from May 1984

any possibility anyone in England has this critter?
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Posted: Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 09:37 PM UTC

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I was sent a reference from David Fletcher from the Bovington Museum , to locate a copy of Army-Navy Modelworld from May 1984

any possibility anyone in England has this critter?



I must have it somewhere, but i won't be able to search until the New Year as it lives with my other stuff in Wales

David
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Posted: Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 10:42 PM UTC
I also have that article and can scan it for you, if needed.
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Posted: Monday, December 18, 2006 - 02:01 AM UTC

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I also have that article and can scan it for you, if needed.



Any chance you can post the article on this site?
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Posted: Monday, December 18, 2006 - 02:50 AM UTC

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Any chance you can post the article on this site?



I'd rather not, it would probably infringe the copyright to publish it here.
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Posted: Monday, December 18, 2006 - 03:37 AM UTC
I would love to see the article. Is there a way to see if the publisher would grant us permission? if not can you e mail the scanned pictures?
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Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 05:49 AM UTC
thank you Mr. Baines
that is more info than I have found in 5 years
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Posted: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 01:09 PM UTC

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I also have that article and can scan it for you, if needed.




Many thanks! Very informative. Maybe someone near Bremen could
get some pictures from the Schiffahrtsmuseum in Bremerhafen ?


Looks as if this vehicle is on the ground floor
http://www.dsm.de/2maps.htm

http://german-maritime.national.museum/

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