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👍 SUBSCRIBE to The Military Vehicl3s channel: 👕 OUR MERCHANDISE: 💥 Check our Stockphotos: 💥 See us on Instagram: 💥 Follow us on Facebook: Leichter geländegängiger PKW The light off-road passenger car was built by the BMW-Werk Eisenach under the designation BMW 325, as well as Hanomag (Typ 20 B) and Stoewer (Typ R 180 Spezial). The vehicles were used as troop carriers (Kfz. 1), by repair-and-maintenance squads (Kfz. 2/40), by artillery reconnaissance sonic measurement squads (Kfz. 3) and by troop-level aerial defence (Kfz. 4). Between [1] and units were built. Between 1940 and 1943, only Stoewer continued to build the R 200 Spezial without the four-wheel steering (Typ 40). The cars weighed 1,775 kg empty (1,700 kg without the four-wheel steering). 90% of all military branches rejected the vehicle as “unfit for wartime service“ in a 1942 enquiry, while the much simpler, lighter and cheaper Volkswagen Kübelwagen proved to be far superior in basically every respect. (Bron Wikipedia). ----------------------------------------------------- #ww2 #model #4x4 #history #vehicles #germany #worldwar2 #military #museum Einheits-PKW The Einheits-PKW, also known as the Einheits-LKW, was a 4 x 4 light truck used by Germany during World War II. The Einheits was similar to the American Jeep. The Einheits came in three general classifications, the Leichter (light), Mittlerer (medium), and Schwerer (heavy) types. The Leichter version measured 390 cm long, 169 cm wide, and 190 cm high, and weighed 2,200 kilograms. The Mittlerer version measured 470 cm long, 186 cm wide, and 207 cm high, and weighed 3,000 kilograms while the Schwerer version measured 484 cm long, 200 cm wide, and 204 cm high and weighed 4,000 kilograms. The Einheits had a series of manufacturers, and depending upon the manufacturer, the types of engines equipped varied. All Leichter models produced by Stoewer had 47 hp, 4-cylinder Stoewer AW 2 petrol engines, while the Mittlerer and Schwerer models had 79 hp, 8-cylinder Horch 830 petrol engines. The Einheits produced by BMW had 44 hp, 6-cylinder BMW 325 petrol engines, those produced by Hanomag 47 hp, 6-cylinder Hanomag 20 B petrol engines, those by Opel 67 hp, 6-cylinder Opel R-6 petrol engines and those produced by Ford had 77 hp, 8-cylinder Ford V-8 petrol engines. The maximum range of the Einheits with any engine was 400 kilometers. The Einheits had no armor or armament, and required a crew of only one driver, and was capable of carrying up to three passengers or 500 kilograms, 600 kilograms, 1,000 kilograms, or 1,100 kilograms of cargo. The Einheits also suffered from a multitude of design flaws and shortcomings, and despite attempts to rectify these in the 1940 modifications to the designs as the Typ 40, such as the removal of the complex four-wheel steering system, the Einheits failed as a military vehicle. History The Einheits was designed in 1936 to replace the various civilian motor cars in service with the former Reichswehr. The Wehrmacht set out to develop a single cross-country chassis design as part of the Four Year Plan to standardize the German military. Due to the limitations of the German automotive industry, a single manufacturer proved incapable of supplying the Wehrmacht with its cross-country vehicles. Therefor, a variety of manufacturers, including Stoewer, BMW, Hanomag, Opel, Auto Union and Ford Germany were commissioned to produce the Einheits-PKW and Einheits-LKW designs, which led to each individual manufacturer equipping the vehicles produced by them with their own engines from civilian models, and also outsourced most of heir individual components, thus not delivering a fully standardized cross-country, military vehicle. The Einheits ultimately proved to be a failure, and eighty to ninety percent of the branches of the newly formed Wehrmacht declared it “unfit for wartime service“, as stated in a 1942 enquiry. Almost 13,000 Leichter versions, 12,000 Mittlerer versions, and 5,000 Schwerer versions were produced between 1936 and 1943, a total of some 30,000 vehicles. (Bron: )
