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The road gantry cranes were an indispensable tool for maintaining the new heavy tanks Tiger, Panther, and tank hunter Elefant near to the front line. An exceptional use for the gantry crane was from 1944 onward with the Division z.V. – for loading and unloading of delivered A4 (V2) rockets onto the “Vidalwagen” or “Meillerwagen” launching trailers.
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For the first time this fascinating gantry crane’s development history is documented, with patent applications, as well as its use in action with the Panzer-Werkstattkompanien, engineering units and Divison z.V., based on original documents and a lot of pictures.
Seen for the first time is a complete series showing the removal and replacement of a Panzer turret and other usage. By drawings and close-up pictures a comparison of 15t / 16t Strabokran shows the differences of both gantry crane types. Also included for modelers a detailed set of drawings of all Strabokrans variants in 1/35 scale.
256 pages, more then 240 images, contemporary and close-ups pictures of survivors, mostly printed in large format, tables, patents, K.St.N., and scale drawings.
Available for MAY 2011 via www.Panzerwrecks.com or www.rzm.com or www.strabokran.de
The road gantry cranes were an indispensable tool for maintaining the new heavy tanks Tiger, Panther, and tank hunter Elefant near to the front line. An exceptional use for the gantry crane was from 1944 onward with the Division z.V. – for loading and unloading of delivered A4 (V2) rockets onto the “Vidalwagen” or “Meillerwagen” launching trailers.
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For the first time this fascinating gantry crane’s development history is documented, with patent applications, as well as its use in action with the Panzer-Werkstattkompanien, engineering units and Divison z.V., based on original documents and a lot of pictures.
Seen for the first time is a complete series showing the removal and replacement of a Panzer turret and other usage. By drawings and close-up pictures a comparison of 15t / 16t Strabokran shows the differences of both gantry crane types. Also included for modelers a detailed set of drawings of all Strabokrans variants in 1/35 scale.
256 pages, more then 240 images, contemporary and close-ups pictures of survivors, mostly printed in large format, tables, patents, K.St.N., and scale drawings.
Available for MAY 2011 via www.Panzerwrecks.com or www.rzm.com or www.strabokran.de