From the Archive Following on from research conducted throughout our Renault FT project another area of interest worth raising once again are the Casiers a’…
The thousands of vehicles emanating from Werk Horch from the late 1930s and throughout the war should have resulted in a large quantity of these…
Obscure or Valuable Artefacts? Our collection includes oddities far beyond the expected vehicle related items. These have been gathered over many years based on rarity…
Rare confirmation Part of the challenge in researching the interior of the le.Pz.Sp.Wg . is the challenge posed by parts or fittings that are not…
Starting Point With the Foundations mission to restore vehicles to 100% accuracy so that they are as delivered eighty years ago means even fittings that…
This apparently incongruous detail on the side and front faces of the le.Pz.Sp.Wg. was a lot more difficult to research than we initially expected. The…
Onwards A major effort over the past year during the pandemic has just concluded. This was to repatriate number of key components of the Foundation’s…
To research the leichter Panzerspähwagen it is necessary to avail of every source of information possible. Building on the historical outline laid down in Panzer…
Is the bin back? We discussed the discovery in our last piece (Part 1) of how late ‘low net’ 4.Serie Sd.Kfz.222 (Ausf.A) predominantly has a…
Huge Progress The long awaited (also by ourselves) second Jagdpanther project has not been neglected. On the contrary we have been very successful gathering key…
Putting a date on delivery Our research into the fittings on the Aufbau (body) for our Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie involved the full examination of the Winkerschutz…
Work In Progress With the reassembly of the Panzerwanne for the Foundation’s Sd.Kfz.223 3.Serie and Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie progressing it is now time to sort out…
The Foundation’s research into the exterior finish of the four original leichter Panzerspähwagen that we are currently restoring brings us into detailed and interesting areas.…
Restoration of the driver’s seat box A large number of you have been asking for Renault FT articles to be published once more. Let us…
The optics appeared to have been dropped in their original transit case, which was also in a very bad state. We received an enquiry whether…
Yet more differences The transfer of Panzerwanne production from Deutsche Edelstahlwerke (DEW) to the Austrian Company Schöller Bleckmann AG was heralded by a number of…
Previous research uncovered the variety of options available to teams all those years ago in fitting replacements to taps damaged or lost on the 3.5…
Fake News 1944! The Weald Foundation is delighted to be able to release a comprehensive update on the armour thickness found in the Ausf.A leichter…
A distant relative We have not found any major differences between the 3 and 4.Serie Sd.Kfz.223 rear when compared to the Sd.Kfz.222 4.Serie rear. The…
A number of you have been asking how many genuine le.Pz.Sp.Wg armoured cars there are in the world. The internet provides a plethora of lookalikes…
Hiding in Plain Sight Our last piece on the subject covered the range of taps fitted to the Horch V8 3.5 litre engine fitted to…