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Armoured Schwerer Wehrmacht Schlepper sWS
(Gepanzerte Ausfuehrung)
From mid-1944 a number of sWS is equipped with a factory mounted armoured cab (8 to 15mm). The engine, radiator and driver's compartment are enclosed in light armour plate. The armour is welded except for the engine cover, which is bolted. The body consisted of a flat bed covered with steel plates and fitted with hinged sides.
Specifications
| Additional specifications | (see the chassis section) |
| Weight empty: | 10500kg |
| Max. Weight: | 13500kg |
| Lenght: | 6.67m |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | |
| Hull Front, Upper | 15@30° |
| Hull Front, Lower | 15@15° |
| Hull Sides, Upper | 12@8° + 15° |
| Hull Sides, Lower | 12@15° |
| Hull Rear | 8@30° & 0° |
| Hull Top | 6@87° |
| Hull Bottom | 6@90° |
A very nice source that I have left intact, because it gives a good idea of how information was available then, is the U.S. intellicence report 217
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Nice drawingset, |
left side drawing |
left side drawing |
left side illustration, |
left side illustration, |
left side illustration, |
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Modell with truckbed, |
2010 LionRoar 1/35th scale ejection moulded plastic |
A modell with "Wurfrahmen" (crated rockets), |
Reworked foto, |
Reworked foto, but different! |
Flatbed for AA-gun, |
Flatbed for AA-gun, |
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Read the story about this armoured sWS used by the first re-enacters ever. |
An awesome team, a 8.8m Pak 43 and an armoured sWS! |
An armoured version in Berlin |
The same vehicle(?) on a German Federal archive picture. |
An armoured version pulling an 88 gun |
From the U.S. Tech intel report |
From the U.S. Tech intel report |
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From the U.S. Tech intel report |
Surviving vehicle in Münster |
A combined now-then picture |
A stranded vehicle already stripped of wheels |
Right side with a wedge shaped object |
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last revised: October 15 2024