Tuesday, 4 September 2018

Overloon Museum - German stuff

Back in Overloon it's time for the German WW2 kit to take centre stage.  
Starting with this rather nice Hetzer

I believe this is a Peugeot 202 'liberated' by the Wehrmacht
Nebelwerfer (who nicked the wheels?) and 105mm howitzer
5cm PAK 38...
...with a rather lovely Sdkfz10 to tow it

There had to be an '88' somewhere
A rare Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper - that's an SWS to you and me

Very tidy Panther 
Just the thing if you have a large bathtub - a Biber midget submarine
Horse-drawn field kitcken
A HUGE model of the Gustav rail gun

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10 comments:

  1. Duc de Gobin4 September 2018 at 19:50

    Wonderful pics. The Hetzer and Panther look superb. I did see a Hetzer in Belgium once and was amazed at how small it was. Having also seen the escape hatches on a Churchill, I suspect that these vehicles were designed for smaller blokes with limited rations. I see the modern generation having some issues getting in and out.

    Also...did you nick the Nebelwerfer wheels for a 'project'?

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  2. Tim Gow4 September 2018 at 21:18

    Doc de Gobin
    I refer you to my post on the APCs at Shrivenham. We managed to get I think five in the BMP instead of a 7-man Motor Rifle squad and it took us about 20 minutes to disembark!

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  3. Tim Gow4 September 2018 at 21:19

    Duc de Gobin
    https://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2010/12/big-boys-toys-part-4.html

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  4. Geordie an Exiled FoG4 September 2018 at 22:05

    I like that Hetzer

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  5. Tim Gow4 September 2018 at 22:07

    Geordie
    I saw it first.

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  6. Geordie an Exiled FoG4 September 2018 at 22:15

    I am sure two would fit in snug as a crew
    Whether I could get out is another matter

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  7. Peter Douglas5 September 2018 at 01:13

    Nice pix and commentary Tim. I'm just glad I didn't have to crawl in any of those things. Although that half track artillery tractor would have been useful schlepping my daughter off to grad school today!

    I know you've got the wheels. What I want to know is did you nick the mini sub for your bath?
    Cheers, Peter

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  8. Martin Rapier5 September 2018 at 07:30

    Great to see a SWS in the flesh.

    For Hetzer fans in the UK, there is a very nice example at Duxford.

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  9. Tim Gow5 September 2018 at 13:58

    Peter Douglas
    A vehicle even more suitable for making childrens belongs to university will feature in a post soon!
    I really don’t have the wheels. There was no room in the rucksack after I lifted the sub....

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  10. Tim Gow5 September 2018 at 13:59

    Martin Rapier
    The SWS is most impressive. And all these years we though Roco had just made it up!

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