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the fahr panzer on its road mounting
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enjoy!


http://www.deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-heereskunde.de/Bilder/Krupp_Fahrpanzer.jpg



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oh and i was wondering if anyone had any drawings for scale information on the fahrpanzer? im planning on building one in large scale (probably 1/16 since dragon has a line of models in that scale i can modify)

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There are quite a few photos of surviving examples on t'internet, but attached is the only scale drawing I've seen (you'll have to register and then login to be able to open it, I'm afraid).

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ah thanks, i was on the first forum where you didnt have to register (i was supposed to write the holt steam tank article, but couldnt come up with the research or time to write it. just a couple of pictures. petty excuses aside tim rigsby did FAR better then i ever could have.) thanks for the image. it shouldnt be to hard to build, its pretty simple, except for the interior that is, and the turret. but i could probably heat form the turret over a wooden mold in the oven.


 


also i have seen pictures of a different type of mounting, ive seen that version called "fahrpanzer von krupp" here is the plain 2 wheel version:


http://www.cybercomm.nl/~mariow/Landships/Fahrpanzer-3.jpg


this picture is from the fahrpanzer displayed in i believe brussels, the full page with the picture:


http://www.cybercomm.nl/~mariow/Landships/Fahrpanzer-1.jpg


 


 


(this is the observation type fahrpanzer used at the mutzig fort in addition to the cannon armed version:


http://www.geocities.com/thiaumont/kw011.JPG )


 


i plan on building both the deployed and krupp mounted versions.



-- Edited by theburk at 06:49, 2006-06-14

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and there is a fahrpanzer on this page too


http://tanxheaven.com/ljs/ww1divljs/ww1divjls.htm


 



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yes, that is the same one featured here.

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You might like to see a Fahrpanzer emplaced.

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This item was an export item by the turn of the century.  Everybody and his brother bought from Krupp at the time.( Wholey because of the trouncing Krupp field guns gave their counter-part in the Franco-Prussian War.)  You will note the speciman preserved in Greece is carried on Krupp's export protze version with forward turning wheels.   The protze associated with the Imperial Army procurment had just two wheels.

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The concept lasted well into WW2 as a similar device (with a turret with a narrower and sloping face) was built and used in some numbers on defensive fronts such as the Gustav Line. It was somewhat simpler than the original Fahrpanzer as the spoked wheels and the shaft for the horse were directly attached to the turret and removed when it was emplaced.

-- Edited by Centurion at 19:59, 2006-06-19

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and here's something else on the same theme
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This was known as an armoured observation tank (to confuse everybody as yes its a tank but its not a tank).


 I enclose a photo of a British officer clambering out of a captured example.



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