It is with much sadness that the Trustees of the Weald Foundation announce the sudden death of founder and Trustee, Michael Gibb, while visiting his…
The Foundation’s third armoured car is quite a late production Sd.Kfz.261 (Ausf.B) 5.Serie and because of this we are encountering a substantial number of anomalies…
When the Foundation was restoring the Black Sea Sturmgeschütz followed by two further Sturmgeschütz the following documentation would have been of great interest to us…
Bothe the Fabrication hall and the Machining Final Assembly Hall are flat out in providing the fittings to allow for the assembly of the suspension…
The Foundation is pleased to announce our Autumn Members Event, for members and their guests, will take place here on 23 November 2024. This event…
Our special latest addition to the collection of the Weald Foundation has arrived. We have waited for this rare vehicle for a long time. Many…
This month’s October 2024 edition of Classic Military Vehicles has an article covering the Weald Foundation Open Day launch of the Sd.Kfz.223 (Ausf.A) 3.Serie. It…
The Sd.Kfz.261 suspension is quite different to that of the Ausf.A armoured cars. We are fortunate to have most of the components ready for use…
Part IV – D.E.W. is moved on In our series of Inside Track articles about “Armour protection of the leichter Panzerspähwagen” we introduced members to…
Hot Off The Press! As part of our restoration process we must master the German descriptions for various components. In the case of a brake…
The machining work on the suspension assembly for the Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie is drawing to a close with only a few small components now to be…
The missing details from our Sd.Kfz.261 (Ausf.B) 5.Serie project have been resolved through research, luck, and assistance from a Norwegian friend mentioned many times before.…
The Sd.Kfz.261 5.Serie project is moving forward at quite a pace. The armoured body was completed last week. The very large roof is now fitted…
Our Sd.Kfz.261 (Ausf.B) 5.Serie is a project near and dear to our hearts here at the Foundation as it rounds out our collection of three…
A remarkably interesting retrospective report covering the industrial effort behind the South African Reconnaissance cars (SARC) was published on 1 July 1944. This report provides…
The armoured hull for the Sd.Kfz.261 crafted from the many pieces and panels we have gathered over more than 25 years is now complete. The…
Part 1 – The Engine Bay Given the great interest in the Sturmgeschütz among our members who are part of the modelling fraternity we have…
Part III – D.E.W. is moved to bigger things. In the last two Inside Track articles about “Armour protection of the leichter Panzerspähwagen” we introduced…
Our teams are working steadily on 2 fronts – the first is the completion of the armoured body and the second is machining and refurbishing…
Part II -the prequel Our recent Inside Track article discussed how the armour thickness of the Foundation’s three le.Pz.Sp.Wg. was only designed to protect the…
As members of the Weald Foundation, you will no doubt be aware we have made and continue to make a number of documentaries on vehicles…