The Weald Foundation is delighted to announce our second event for 2022. This “Milestone Event” will be a somewhat smaller, more intimate meeting at which…
Progress continues on the Sd.Kfz.223 of the TWC. The front bumper, hooks and stays are on. The bumper will be shaped on Monday next week.…
In Part 1 of this Inside Track article Members were provided with a picture of the purpose of the Renault FT and Renault TSF at…
The fitting of the 2cm Kw.K.38 Sockel for the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.222 Ausf.A 4.Serie was done with the urgency required to meet the Open Day launch…
Most of this week was spent researching the finer details and differences between the rear Notek and brake light guards between the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie and…
More of the Same? Members feedback and our experience suggest that the Foundation’s recent events and those held prior to COVID attracted a strong calibre…
While much of the emphasis of the work of the Weald Foundation is on the technology of the Tanks that we recover, restore, and rebuild…
Almost no German AFVs from the period prior up to 1942 have survived. Of those that have most were already rebuilt even before the end…
The Foundation has been frequently asked to explain the details behind the five-digit numbering process seen painted on the Longeron (main suspension beam) of Renault…
Work continues with both Sd.Kfz.223. The guards/cage for the brake light and rear Notek are being fabricated. The research is being conducted to determine the…
Our original Sd.Kfz.222 Ausf.A armoured car which was launched a few weeks back has been the focus, where time has allowed, to adjust certain fittings.…
History in the making. The front Stoßstange bumpers on the two surviving Sd.Kfz.222 Ausf.B and on the Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A are questionable. Looking carefully at each…
Even in 1917 the French were concerned about possible visits by German espionage agents or Zeppelin bombers to their armament assembly plants. Information left in…
This past week saw the recovery of the Wheatcroft Collection’s Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie German armoured car body. This Sdkfz 223 armoured car body was very badly…
In our previous Inside Track article published on the Schaltbrett (Instrument Panel) for the Ausf. A we introduced our research on the evolution of Instrument…
One of the most visible features of the Sd.Kfz.222 armoured car is the Abdeckgitter (Anti-grenade mesh). The Foundation was fortunate that an “original” Abdeckgitter was…
Monday was a large clean up operation with the food marquee, seating and tables being packed away. The workshops were reequipped with the hastily ‘tidied’…
Many requests for images have been received from members not able to attend the very successful event held here at the Weald Foundation’s facilities. Here…
Another data point? Since no original Rutschschutzleiste (anti-slip strips) fitted to the rear fenders of le.Pz.Sp.Wg. have come to light over our 20 years search…
On Saturday 18th June the Weald Foundation, at their headquarters in Kent, launched their restored leichter Panzerspähwagen (2cm) (Sd.Kfz.222) Ausf.A German armoured car from the…
The launch date for the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie armoured car beckons. Nearly all of the prepared components for the le.Pz.Sp.Wg. armoured car have been blasted, primed…