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Old 31-01-14, 10:23
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Originally Posted by Radek View Post
It looks like that is from Ford V3000 http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.d...V3000_SSM.html
Radek,

Indeed, seems like a Maultier wheel.

Did you ever positively ID the other wheels?

Hanno

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Also, there are engineering differences in track, sprocket and road wheels (see pictures of a surviving Ford V3000S Maultier). Although I have not seen a Maultier in the flesh we did find a Maultier road wheel for sale on one of the stalls at Beltring and noted it was much wider and of entirely different construction than the standard Universal Carrier road wheel - not a surprise when you know Pz.I/II track was used (instead of Carrier track like popular belief has it).
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Here's a nice picture of the bogie wheels & tracks on a Ford Maultier (source). Now, you tell me these are Universal Carrier parts...
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