Captured German Staff Car

[cliff]

A captured German Mercedes Benz staff car.

Pic from AWM data banks and dated 1942

cheers
Cliff

[Bill Murray]

Hi Cliff:
Interesting shot, but it is actually a Horch Standard Medium Personnel Car.
Bill

[cliff]

Thanks for the correct ID Bill. They have it marked as a Mercedes in the AWM Data banks.

cheers
Cliff

[sapper740]

Originally posted by cliff
Thanks for the correct ID Bill. They have it marked as a Mercedes in the AWM Data banks.

cheers
Cliff

Just one question.....are they waving or sieg heiling??!!?

[grant fincher]

Australians at their best: "taking the piss out of the enemy"

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

I agree with Dog Robber. Horch 1940 Sd Kfz 16.

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Here is another Kfz 16. They were built 1940-1943.

[servicepub (RIP)]

Not quite a staff car. Note the Cdn Divisional sign on the front and the perfectly aligned Allied recognition star - no desire to upset marauding US troops here!

[sapper740]

Originally posted by servicepub
Not quite a staff car. Note the Cdn Divisional sign on the front and the perfectly aligned Allied recognition star - no desire to upset marauding US troops here!

Interesting pic Clive! The troopies have not only absconded with a Schwimmvagen, but obviously some weapons also. Can anyone id the rifle the the soldier in the middle is holding?

[servicepub (RIP)]

It's a G43 (Gewehr Pattern 1943) one of the first successful semi-automatics used during the war (US M1 Rifle (Garand) and M1 Carbine being two others)

[Kuno]

...the Kfz 16 is in fact a Kfz 15...

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Originally posted by Kuno
...the Kfz 16 is in fact a Kfz 15...

I thought Kfz 15 had the spare weels on the car sides. This should be a Kfz 15. They were made 1937-1940 and was followed by the similar Kfz 16 (except for the spare wheels).

Originally posted by sapper740
Interesting pic Clive! The troopies have not only absconded with a Schwimmvagen, but obviously some weapons also. Can anyone id the rifle the the soldier in the middle is holding?

Its an early pattern Schwimmwagen too; understandably the new users have put their national insignia over the original markings but it would have been interesting to have seen what unit it was liberated from.

R.