Artillerie Zugmaschinen - German Wheeled Artillery Tractors

Autor: Jochen Vollert

Aus der Reihe "Tankograd World War One" (Imperial German Army weapons and soldiers of the great war 1914-1918) No 1014.

Alle Texte in englischer Sprache.

Shortly before World War One, the German Army High Command began a massive project to test the suitability of agricultural tractors and ploughs possessing internal combustion engines for a potential role as future Artillerie-Zugmaschinen artillery tractors. The aim was to make even heavy artillery more mobile. Numerous German manufacturers responded to the call, and they supplied products for these trials. Based on evaluation findings, key data relating to a militarily usable artillery tractor began to be defined, which led to new and improved designs from 1916 onwards.
This publication is the first monograph on the subject, and it presents in detail the history of these impressive motor vehicles with benzol engines in numerous fantastic photos. The vehicle types covered include the manufacturers Büssing, Dürkopp, Lanz, Podeus, Pöhl, Daimler, Benz, Standard-Motorpflug (Arator), Fürstlich Stolberg'sches Hüttenamt (Ilsenburg), Kaelble, Horch, Sendling, Hanomag, Stock and Ehrhardt. An additional chapter covers the artillery load distribution trailer, the Lastenverteilergerät System Bräuer.

Inhalt:

• Introduction by the Publisher Author's Foreword
• The Birth of German Heavy (Foot) Artillery
• Motorisation Organisation of German Foot
• Artillery Motorised Units
• Büssing: 55hp Artillery Tractor on Truck Chassis --- Artillery Tractor Prototype - Long Wheelbase --- 80hp Artillery Tractor --- 55hp Artillery Tractor --- 80-100hp Artillery Tractor Type AS 80k. --- Ammunition Carrier Type MTW 55 --- Artillery Tractor "New Type"
• Dürkopp: 80hp Artillery Tractor --- 100hp Artillery Tractor
• Lanz: Agricultural Tractor Type LB --- Agricultural Tractor Type LC --- Artillery Tractor Type ZE --- 100hp Artillery Tractor Type ZF
• Podeus: Motor Plough Motorpflug I --- 80hp Artillery Tractor Motorpflug II - Pöhl --- 40/50hp Agricultural Tractor --- 80hp Artillery Tractor
• Daimler / Krupp-Daimler: Motor Plough - System Daimler --- Artillery Tractor on Truck Chassis --- 100hp Artillery Tractor Type KD I
• Benz: 85hp Artillery Tractor
• Standard-Motorpflug: Agricultural Tractors Type Arator I --- 80hp Artillery Tractor Type Arator II
• Fürstlich Stolberg'sches Hüttenamt: Agricultural Ilsenburg Tractors --- Artillery Tractor Type Ilsenburg
• Kaelble: 100hp Artillery Tractor
• Horch: Ammunition Carrier
• Sendling: Modified Motor Plough Type Sendling I --- Motor Plough Type Sendling II
• Hanomag: Plough Carrier Type Tragpflug WD 80
• Stock: Plough Carrier Type Grosspflug
• Ehrhardt: Artillery Tractor Prototypes --- Artillery Tractor Type E-V/4
• Load Distribution Trailer, System Bräuer Motorised Gun Limbers
• The Austrian Brother-in-Arms
• German Artillery Tractors - The Enigmas
• Sources and Further Reading

Broschur im Format DIN A4 mit 96 Seiten und 215 Abbildungen.
Softcover with 96 pages and 215 pictures, size 29,5 x 21 cm.
Neubuch von Tankograd Publishing Erlangen.

Gewicht: 540 Gramm