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Hatterasguy · #16 03-14-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PanzerSD

Did Mercedes Benz produce vehicles between 1938 and 1945?

Yes, tanks and aircraft engines.

Pooka · #17 03-14-2009, 07:50 PM

All of you collectors shoud make a trip to Oklahoma City and visit the 45th Infantry Meausem. They have a large collection of German army stuff.

The Germans then must have had a pin for EVERYTHING. There are sure a lot of them there. The 45th also has some of Hitlers personal stuff: Table settings and linins from his table; a cape and hat he wore... Things like that.

The 45th fought their way through some of the worst of the worst and after a battle some of the men collected souviners such as were allowed by US Army law. When the measume was created a lot of this stuff was donated to it. It is quite a collection.

Entry is free, but you might check the web site for hours and days of operations.

OldPokey · #18 03-14-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels

Opel was taken over by the government but did not produce war materials as the NAZIs did not trust the American owned company even though GM was not running it.

I think the 140,000 Blitz trucks Opel built for the Wermacht (Kfz.305) contradict that statement!

KarTek · #19 03-14-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bgkast

What's the point of the single front wheel? I can't believe it would have any effect on turning that beast.

I got to ride on one of these a couple years ago. I think the handlebars bias the speed of the tracks towards one side or the other. There's also a set of brakes like a tractor that can slow either track independently.

I should have gotten a shot of the controls.

Hatterasguy · #20 03-14-2009, 10:39 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWr_tXB3P4Q

This is were the expresion built like a tank comes from!

The ultimate SUV able to flatten H2's like fly's, and perfect for invading France and Poland.

strelnik · #21 03-14-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mytmousemalibu

Me too! I want to collect some of that stuff aswell, i just think its really cool, that and im a WWII nut, the wepons, tools, tech all facinate me. It runs in my blood, my dads side of the family is 100% German as well as himself. An uncle of mine that passed away some time ago, was a Panzer driver in the war. We have a local military gun & relic show here every year and theres a few vendors just loaded with Wehrmacht items, pins, crosses, swastika's, flags, clothing, helmets, knives, you name it! Original real stuff is expensive though. A small quarter sized REAL "SS" pin in decent condition is like $120

I want a K98 with the waffenampt marking intact. I also want a Japanese Arisaka rifle with intact Crysanthemum flower, which i saw a few of

My late father was in MI during WW2 and guarded the Manhattan project in Chicago, among other things. He had all kinds of Nazi medals, pins, a numbered copy of Mein Kampf issued by the US government to interrogators of Nazi prisoners, plus souvenirs but my dumb brother threw them all out after my father died.

What a putz!!

mytmousemalibu · #22 03-14-2009, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by strelnik

My late father was in MI during WW2 and guarded the Manhattan project in Chicago, among other things. He had all kinds of Nazi medals, pins, a numbered copy of Mein Kampf issued by the US government to interrogators of Nazi prisoners, plus souvenirs but my dumb brother threw them all out after my father died.

What a putz!!

that really sucks, nothing like casting pricless artifacts in the garbage