Every image of a German armoured vehicle from the Polish campaign onwards shows a white cross. But which cross, at what size, and where on the hull? For the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223 the answers had to be established from primary sources before the crosses could be painted. Part IV sets out the regulatory trail followed to get them.
In February 1945, the Heereswaffenamt set in motion a project to give the Jagdpanther an automatic loading system. Three primary documents record its brief life. Two photographs show the hardware existed. The war ended before anything more could happen.
The previous article in this series marked a significant moment in the provenance research for Jagdpanther 411. Drawing on primary sources, it established through documentary…
In April 2020, our late founder and Trustee Mike Gibb published the Foundation’s first exploration of Jagdpanther 411’s wartime provenance. Working from the chassis number,…
Jagdpanther Production, Distribution and the Last Weeks of February 1945 In a previous article, Jagdpanther Production: What the Waffenamt Recorded, we presented the ‘Blatt G’…
The question of how many Jagdpanthers were actually built has been a recurring point of debate in the literature on German armoured vehicles. During our…
Update: This event has been rescheduled to 28 March. The Weald Foundation is delighted to invite its members to an exclusive free online event with…
At a quarter to three in the morning on 10 April 1945, Oberstleutnant Rudolph picked up the telephone in Braunschweig. He was calling the office…
In Part II, we traced the origin of the name “Dragon Unit” to the Vickers Dragon Light Mk III, the vehicle that first brought the…
In Part VI, we examined the evidence from the Kurowski account and German archival documents. The armoured car used in the Brasparts raid was armed…
In Part V, we examined French accounts revealing that Sizun fell to French control on 6 August 1944, ten days before the Brasparts raid. Our…
In previous articles, we have explored the provenance of the Weald Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223, discovered behind La Poste in Sizun, Brittany. Our investigation has examined the…
This week, Martin completed restoration work on another Reifenluftpumpe for our Sd.Kfz.223. With two of these rare tyre pumps now restored and sitting side by…
Article by Hilary Doyle When my great friend Walter Spielberger first attempted to document the history of Panzer development, it was already the late 1950s.…
The Weald Foundation Sd.Kfz. 223 was found in Sizun, France, and for a long time, we have been investigating its history. In a previous article,…
In Part I, we explained how a single photograph sparked debate about how many studs the Ford V8 Flathead engine should have in our Australian…
When the Weald Foundation acquired its LP1 No. 76, it came with several parts, including an engine. Although we knew it was not the unit…
Near the Weald Foundation is the small Kentish town of Cranbrook, a First World War German howitzer has been resting since 1920 and has almost…
During the Weald Foundation’s early restoration work on the Stu.G Ausf.G (Sd.Kfz.143) and Jagdpanther 411 (Sd.Kfz.173), we encountered a recurring challenge: the spark plug caps.…
The Weald Foundation is delighted to honour the memory of our late founder and benefactor, Michael Gibb, by presenting two of his most important projects…
It is most important for Weald Foundation Members to remember that there are two totally different radio systems used in Sturmgeschütz Ausf.G. (StuG III), depending…