As mentioned in our Inside Track article last week one of the most formidable items awaiting restoration at the Weald Foundation is our 8,8 cm Pak…
We are now close to the finish line with the rewiring on the Sd.Kfz.222. This will take a few days next week to be complete.…
Description One of the most formidable items awaiting restoration at the Weald Foundation is our 8,8 cm Pak 43 antitank gun. This weapon represents the…
Tiger II is not included in the restoration plans of the Foundation as we have more than enough projects with our two Jagdpanther, two Sturmgeschütze,…
In our last Inside Track article (Part 1) we introduced these stowage boxes with a ‘specific and deadly purpose’. The Weald Foundation has just completed…
This summary of the learning from the Spanish Civil War was prepared by General der Artillerie (ausser Dienst) Ing. Ludwig (Ritter von) Eimannsberger (1878 –…
The rewiring of the Sd.Kfz.222 took a giant leap forward this week. The Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie engine was started using the starter knob on the instrument…
A very active week. Only 2 of the large square stowage boxes for the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie have yet to be fabricated. All are now in…
A Gold Standard for Restorations The discussion on what constitutes an original vehicle compared to a complete fake or look alike has been growing over…
Welded or bolted? Radios were only introduced in new and back fitted in le.Pz.Sp.Wg. in 1941. This was toward the end of the Sd.Kfz.222 (Ausf.A)…
Work is nearing completion on the 3 kg Sprengpatron Ladung boxes for the rear fenders of the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie, Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie, Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie. The current…
Arsenalen Tank Museum Sweden. The presentation by the Weald Foundation Trustee -Hilary Louis Doyle started with a review of the available evidence from original documentation…
Tactical Formations in East Africa A particularly welcome addition to our understanding of the deployment of the South African Armoured Cars (Marmon Herrington) is the…
The small gunners kits for the KwK 38 are nearly completed. This has involved the use of new exact copy springs being fitted to original…
Our previous Inside Track article, Part 2, provided specific speeds and gears to be engaged by operators of the leichter Panzerspähwagen. This current article is…
Arsenalen Tank Museum Sweden. The Weald Foundation Trustee – Hilary Louis Doyle was a special guest for this event and gave a presentation on the…
We have been researching the explosive devices fitted to the interior of the Jagdpanther to enable us to fit all of the required positions with…
Another essential and obvious piece of equipment for The Foundation’s three le.Pz.Sp.Wg. is the Atemschlauch container. These containers were cylindrical and held the Atemschlauch (breathing…
Documentary Research done to date by the charity has revealed that the Assemblers and Werkstatt (workshop) teams were forbidden to weld on the steel armoured…
Work on the Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie continues with a start made to the small stowage bins mounted to both rear fenders. Additional internal stowage for the…
‘A Good Day Out’ Last weekend’s Milestone Event featuring the two Sd.Kfz.223 currently under restoration, was a changed format when compared to previous similar events…