Mercedes Benz L 4500 S

Year:1943
Power: 112 PS
Capacity: 7274 ccm
Engine: 6 cyl. / Vorkammer Diesel
Top Speed: 66 km/h
Payload: 4.5 t

The MB heavy- duty trucks were deployed as a further development of the 3 ton trucks in army navy and air force units for long range transports.

The hitherto deployed 1.5, 2 and 3 ton vehicles had proved to be inadequate with regard to load capacity and economy.

Various producers as MAN, Bussing NAG, Magirus and Daimler Benz had built vehicles of this payload class.

This truck from Mercedes was the mostly built specimen of this category.

It has proved to be very reliable and was produced until the Fifties.
     

Gnome Rhone AX2

Year:1939
Power:22PS
Capacity:800ccm
Weight:380kg

From 1930 the French company Gnome Rhone located near Paris produced large motorcycles with boxer engines which somewhat resembled the BMW motorcycles.

The AX 2 with an 800 cc / SV boxer engine is the largest of this series.

Equipped with a sidecar with driven wheel it was built especially for the military between 1936 and 1945.

The engine has 4 speeds and a cardan drive.

The maximum speed with sidecar is about 110 km/h.

It is recommended to use the sidecar drive only off road since otherwise the motorcycle is difficult to control.
     

Sturmhaubitze 42

Year:1942
Power:300PS
Motor:12 cyl. Maybach
Weight:24.5t
Crew:4
Top speed:40km/h
Weapon:10.5cm Cannon

The assault howitzer 42 was a standard weapon of the artillery, destined for infantry support.

In contrast to the self propelled assault guns it showed little effect against tanks.

Until the end of the war 10,500 assault howitzers of this type had been delivered to the troop.
     

Daimler Benz Motor OM 402

Year:1970
Power:255PS
Capacity:12760ccm
Motor:V8

The engine series OM 401, OM 402, OM 403 and OM 404 designates a series of Diesel V-engines with 6 to 12 cylinders.

They were collaboratively developed during the 1970 s by Daimler-Benz and MAN and built for more than 20 years by both companies differing only by some company specific features like special combustion techniques.

The engines were mainly used for trucks.

Today, after more than 30 years, this engine type is still being built by MAN for industrial drive systems.

Today it has an output of up to 976 hp at up to 1800 rpm.
     

Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t sd.kfz.7

Manufacturer:Krauss Maffei
Year:1937
Power:140PS
Capacity:6191cc
Motor:6 cyl. Maybach
Crew:11
Top speed:50km/h

The medium 8 ton half track was the most important prime mover of heavy guns and the 88 mm antiaircraft gun.

Over the course of WWII, this half track - following the demands of the combat troop - was also deployed as self propelled mounting for different weapons, mostly light anti aircraft guns.
     

Fahr Tractor D88

Manufacturer:Fahr
Total built: 2583
Power: 13 hp
     

Opel Blitz

Year:1944
Power:75PS
Capacity:3626ccm

Until World War 2, Opel was the largest truck manufacturer of the German Reich.

Before the introduction of the Blitz Opel had already produced light trucks but used heterogeneous designations derived from the motorization or the payload.

The memorable name Blitz for the new truck series resulted from a contest performed in 1930.

The truck shown here has a payload of 3 tons and a four wheel drive.
     

Hanomag R45

Year:1951
Power:45PS
Capacity:5700ccm

Towards the end of 1950 the R45 heavy wheeled tractor was introduced as amore powerful and technically revised successor of the proven typ R40.

Hanomag fulfilled this was the demands of their customers for more power.

Especially in the early post war period every vehicle was needed and often employed for actions beyond their performance limit.
     

Lanz Allzweckbulldog

Year:1938
Power:25PS
Capacity:4733ccm
Engine:1 cyl

This all purpose 25 hp farmer's tractor, presented for the first time on occasion of the state agricultural show at Leipzig, attracted much attention.

At a sale price of 2750 RM, this model was not only the cheapest of all tractors made in Germany at all, but also because of features such as an electric starter, an adjustable track width, an enlarged ground clearance, a hydraulic jack and pneumatic tires, a convincing offer for the farmers.
 

Allgaier Schlepper

Year:1946-1952
Power:22PS
Capacity:1840ccm

After the end of the war the Allgaier plant was able to take up again the manufacturing of iron products from autumn 1945 on.

At the same time, under the management of Erwin Allgaier, a low cool and simple designed farm tractor was developed, powered by an engine made by KAELBLE of Backnang, a family related company.

The condition of the French occupation force was to grant a production permit only these firms which were already engaged in particular market segments before the war: the Allgaier tractor had the KAELBLE - trademark on its radiator tank.

KAELBLE had made tractors already in the thirties.