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The Porsche 597 Jagdwagen (hunting car) is a light military vehicle, designed to fill the same general role as the Jeep, Kübelwagen and Land-Rover. [1] Originally developed as a prototype for a tender to the German Army after World War II, the car never reached mass production after the DKW Munga was chosen over it for reasons of economics.
Sd.Kfz. stood for Sonder Kraftfahrzeug or ‘special-purpose vehicle'. Sd.Kfz. designations were assigned to armoured vehicles and other vehicles put in military service for a specific purpose. The system was used by Germany prior to and throughout World War II. Sd. Kfz. 100s for PzKpfw I versions; Sd. Kfz. 120s for PzKpfw II versions
Austro-Daimler had previously provided the Lohner–Porsche car for trials with the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1904, Paul Daimler had produced the first armoured car with a turret. Austro-Daimler's first successful contract to build vehicles for the army was to be a series of artillery tractors to move these mortars.
The first Steyr car, the six cylinder Type II "12/40" appeared in 1920. It was heavy and well-built, if a little cumbersome. It spawned sports versions with an impressive list of international achievements. The small but luxurious 1.5 L six Type XII of the late twenties won international motor press acclaim.
During World War II, Ferdinand Porsche designed and Volkswagen produced a light military vehicle for German forces called the Kübelwagen (literally 'bucket car'). [1] It was prototyped and first deployed in Poland as the Type 62, but following improvements entered full-scale production as the Type 82. KFZ.1 Kubelwagen: Volkswagen Type 82 is a ...
The VK 45.01 (P), also informally known as Tiger (P) or Porsche Tiger, was a heavy tank prototype designed by Porsche in Germany.With a dual engine gasoline-electric drive that was complex and requiring significant amounts of copper, it lost out to its Henschel competitor on trials, it was not selected for mass production and the Henschel design was produced as the Tiger I.
V. Volkswagen Iltis. Volkswagen Type 181. Categories: Cold War military equipment of Germany. Military vehicles of the Cold War. Military vehicles of Germany by period.
Several major Chinese car companies saw big sales increases ... Porsche and Ferrari sales slump in China as car buyers flock to EVs instead ... jumped 5.7% year over year to a sales figure of 1.71 ...