Haustenbeck’s Heritage: Journey of Tiger II V2
Read more: Haustenbeck’s Heritage: Journey of Tiger II V2For the past two years, I have been working on a series of articles on Henschel’s test site at Haustenbeck. So far, I have covered the origin and use of the site, as well as most of the vehicles that…
Remember September: 75 year Market Garden
Read more: Remember September: 75 year Market Garden75 years ago, in the early hours of Sunday 17 September, operation Market Garden commenced. It was a daring plan by Montgomery to outpace the Germans by bypassing the heavily fortified Westwall (Siegfried line) protecting the Ruhr area. This was…
Summer Offensive Soesterberg: Tank Show
Read more: Summer Offensive Soesterberg: Tank ShowDuring an hour long show in the tank arena some ten vehicles were showcased. The show was split in two parts of which the first was a theatrical act “The battle of Soesterberg” in which one group of AFVs belonged…
Summer Offensive Soesterberg: Cold War Fighter Jets
Read more: Summer Offensive Soesterberg: Cold War Fighter JetsLast weekend, 24 & 25 August, the Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM) in Soesterberg held its annual summer event dubbed ‘Zomeroffensief’. Last year’s summer event focused heavily on aircraft. This year, too, many aircraft could be admired along the runway in…
Leichte Ladungsträger “Goliath”
Read more: Leichte Ladungsträger “Goliath”This little guy keeps coming back almost every museum I visit; the Goliath. Various version with differing means of propulsion have been produced throughout the Second World War. The main goal of this vehicle was to blow up the enemy.…
Short survey of air filters
Read more: Short survey of air filtersIt is a familiar sight for German armour enthusiasts: one or two white boxes dotted around a Panther (or Tiger II) wreck. Usually these boxes seem to have been thrown down carelessly and are not in the best of shape.…
[Video] Militracks 2019 – Panther in action
Read more: [Video] Militracks 2019 – Panther in actionAs promised, here is a video of the Panther at Militracks. It shows the Panther starting its engine and driving around a bit on the museum premises. The Panther from Saumur runs noticeably smoother than the Königstiger from the same…
Militracks 2019
Read more: Militracks 2019On 18 May, Militracks celebrated its 10th anniversary. Starting out initially as a small event for enthusiasts of German hardware, Militracks has grown out to be the biggest event for Sonderkraftfahrzeuge and one of the largest events showcasing running military…
A versatile duct – Tiger’s Feifel system
Read more: A versatile duct – Tiger’s Feifel systemThe name Feifel will ring a bell for many a Tiger fan. Feifel is the name of the air filtration system used on early Tigers, and is named after the engineer, professor Feifel, who pioneered the principle of the cyclone…
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