NUTS & BOLTS 32 THE MEDIUM CROSS COUNTRY LORRIES 3 TON (6X4) OF THE REICHSWEHR AND WEHRMACHT

Book Type: S,O

by Heiner Duske, Tony Greenland and Detlev Terlisten, 224 pages, Over 471 photos

To date, Nuts & Bolts has only produced publications on tracked, half-track vehicles and weapon systems. With this volume, the first issue in a series which will deal exclusively on Lorries – in particular the medium cross-country Lorries (commercial) – m. gl. Lkw. (o) – of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht.

 The development of these vehicles was started in the second half of the 1920s and their appearance characterised the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht in the 1930s. During the war, these vehicles had to face strains in the different theatres of operations for which they had not been developed. Nevertheless, many of these Lorries served until the end of the war. Only a few vehicles have survived until today. This was partially caused by the shortage of transportation vehicles in Europe after the war. Due to this, most remaining vehicles were driven to destruction.
•approx. 471 photos, of these 279 contemporary photos from manuals, combat and War fronts in b/w, a number of them previously unpublished
•147 colour photos of the surviving vehicles in public and private collections
•45 colour photos of the three models from Tony Greenland & Vinnie Branigan
•35 pages of English / German text
•27 pages of scale drawings of all versions of this machine in 1:35 scale from John Rue
•8 pages of camouflage schemes from Laurent Lecocq
•tables of organization of units (Kriegstärke-Nachweisungen KStN) having these weapons in their arsenal