The Weald Foundation https://www.wealdfoundation.org Fri, 29 May 2026 15:36:09 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/app/uploads/2026/05/cropped-Weald-Icon-1-32x32.png The Weald Foundation https://www.wealdfoundation.org 32 32 Leichter Schützenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.250/3 Ausf.B: The Survivor and Its Markings https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/sdkfz-250-3-ausf-b-survivor-and-markings/ Fri, 29 May 2026 15:36:05 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=30009 The Foundation's Sd.Kfz.250/3 Ausf.B is returning to the workshop programme, and with it the provenance research Mike began in April 2016. This first instalment in a renewed series revisits what the vehicle itself can be made to tell us. The condition of the hull when it came out of the ground in Hungary. The data plate read by Tom Jentz, with chassis 410071, body 3617, and the lsb assembler code. The shield of the 6. Panzer-Division on the rear access door, in its particular orientation. Part 1 of the renewed series.

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]]> WORKSHOP DISPATCH: 25–29 MAY 2026 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/workshop/workshop-dispatch-25-29-may-2026/ Fri, 29 May 2026 15:12:29 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=30002 A shorter week with the bank holiday, but plenty achieved. The Wheatcroft Collection Sd.Kfz.223 now has its seats, leather gaiters, and Balkenkreuz markings fitted. The Jagdpanther's engine is running better than ever after recent work, and the team has begun researching the Sd.Kfz.250/3 Ausf.B ahead of its project start. Meanwhile, the Weald 223 is being cleaned and prepared for further investigation into a knock noticed at Militracks.

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]]> Militracks 2026: The Sd.Kfz.223 returns to Overloon https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/militracks-2026-the-sd-kfz-223-returns-to-overloon/ Fri, 22 May 2026 13:39:13 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29956 Our first return to Militracks since 2019 saw the newly camouflaged Sd.Kfz.223 run daily on the one mile track at the Oorlogsmuseum Overloon. We drew strong interest from visitors, trialled loaned radio equipment in the field, and met some wonderful enthusiasts along the way.

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]]> WORKSHOP DISPATCH – 18–22 MAY 2026 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/workshop/workshop-dispatch-18-22-may-2026/ Fri, 22 May 2026 09:00:59 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29938 Back from a hugely successful Militracks 2026, with our Sd.Kfz.223 one of the stars of the event – fully equipped with original-style radio gear thanks to our friend Remco. The Jagdpanther's magnetos are finished and the engine is running better than ever. Plus the seats have arrived for the TWC 223.

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]]> WORKSHOP DISPATCH – 11–15 MAY 2026 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/workshop/workshop-dispatch-11-15-may-2026/ Fri, 15 May 2026 16:00:18 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29931 A shorter week as the team prepared for Militracks 2026. We welcomed Cranbrook Men's Shed for a tour, Terry and Tom painted the Sd.Kfz.223 camouflage and Balkenkreuz, and by Thursday the team was on their way to the Netherlands.

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]]> The Balkenkreuz on the Sd.Kfz.222: Orders and Practice https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/balkenkreuz-sdkfz222-orders-and-practice/ Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29929 H.M. 1939 Nr. 770 was clear: white bars only, outline cross, no black. A review of period photographs of German armoured cars tells a more varied story -- two different interpretations of bar spacing, rear crosses smaller than ordered, and by around 1942, a black centre cross that no order ever specified. This article applies the regulatory chain to the Foundation's Sd.Kfz.222 and looks at what crews actually painted.

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]]> Balkenkreuz: The October 1939 Amendment https://www.wealdfoundation.org/inside-track/balkenkreuz-the-october-1939-amendment/ Fri, 08 May 2026 19:54:21 +0000 https://www.wealdfoundation.org/?p=29864 The solid white Balkenkreuz introduced in July 1939 did not outlast its first campaign. Six days after the Polish campaign ended, the Army General Staff wrote to condemn it as a danger to the vehicles it was meant to identify. On 26 October 1939, H.M. Nr. 770 changed the system permanently, removing the front cross entirely and replacing the solid white mark with the outline form that would remain standard for years to come.

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