Carrier Based Half Track Film Props

[Chris Ballance]

I am trying to track down information on a Sd.Kfz. 251 like film prop half track that I think was built sometime in the late 70s and used in the films "A Bridge Too Far", "Hanover Street" and "Force 10 from Navarone." I think the vehicle was built by combining the front of a truck chassis with a old Universal Carrier, but I am not sure. In the past I thought this vehicle was one of the vehicles that Guy Arendt built for his long gone Victory Memorial Museum in Arlon, Belgium. A Opel Maultier Panzerwerfer 42 replica from Guy Arendt's old collection, now on display in the States, looks to have a similar front end and a Universal Carrier back end.

Then my Guy Arendt Frankenstein House of Horrors Theory was killed when this picture below surfaced on a forum. Does anyone have any information about the origin, history, and current location of this half track monster?



Regards,

Chris Ballance
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