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MB 1017 The Mercedes-Benz 5-ton Trucks Type 1017/1017A - History, Variants, Service The 5-ton trucks of the Bundeswehr are the backbone of German military logistics since the 1950s. From 1977 the Mercedes-Benz MB 1017 truck family took over the legacy to become a legend known to all German soldiers ..

ILTIS The Iltis 0.5 t tmil Light Truck in Service with the Bundeswehr and other Armies The LKW 0,5 t tmil gl Iltis light truck is a versatile, all-wheel-drive, off-road vehicle that replaced variants of the Munga light truck in the Bundeswehr from 1978 onwards. Three basic variants of the Iltis were..

MUNGA Early Light All-Terrain Vehicles of the Bundeswehr: Goliath and Porsche Jagdwagen, VW Kurierwagen and the Auto Union / DKW Munga In 1954 West Germany began to implement its plans to raise new German armed forces. After technical trials and extensive troop trials, the decision to procure the li..

FUCHS The Transportpanzer 1 Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier in German Army Service Part 4 - Battlefield Surveillance Radar / Radio Communications / International The Transportpanzer 1 Fuchs ("Fuchs" being German for "fox") wheeled armoured personnel carriers are, aside from the Leopard main battl..

FUCHS The Transportpanzer 1 Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier in German Army Service Part 3 - Ambulance / Electronic Warfare / NBC The Transportpanzer 1 Fuchs ("Fuchs" being German for "fox") wheeled armoured personnel carriers are, aside from the Leopard main battle tanks, the most iconic and most..

FUCHS The Transportpanzer 1 Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier in German Army Service Part 2 - Reconnaissance / Engineer / Command The Transportpanzer 1 Fuchs ("Fuchs" being German for "fox") wheeled armoured personnel carriers are, aside from the Leopard main battle tanks, the most iconic and most ..

FUCHS The Transportpanzer 1 Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier in German Army Service Part 1 - Development and Technology The Transportpanzer 1 Fuchs ("Fuchs" being German for "fox") wheeled armoured personnel carriers are, aside from the Leopard main battle tanks, the most iconic and most prominent..

The Yak Armoured Multipurpose Vehicle in Modern German Army Service The Yak protected multipurpose vehicle is a consequent advancement of the DURo 3 already used by the German Bundeswehr. During development of the Yak, a lot of lessons learned by German troops during ISAF operations in Afghanistan i..

EAGLE IV The Eagle IV Wheeled Armoured Vehicle in Modern German Army Service The Eagle IVs being procured as part of the Armoured Command and Multipurpose Vehicles (Geschutzte Fuhrungs- und Funktionsfahrzeuge, or GFF) Programme Category 2 have already replaced many unprotected vehicles of the Bundes..

During the time of the Cold War they were exotic exceptions and generally not permitted on a wider scale. Yet today personalised vehicle markings gain more and more ground on vehicles of the modern German Army. From cool nicknames to names of famous TV characters and even comicbook superheroes these..

Fahrzeug-Graffiti GECoN-ISAF Personalised Vehicle Markings during the German Mission in Afghanistan During the time of the Cold War they were exotic exceptions and generally not permitted on a wider scale. Yet today personalised vehicle markings gain more and more ground on vehicles of the modern Ge..

Emma" The MAN 630 L2 A / L2AE 5-ton Truck in Modern German Army Service In Germany the MAN 630 5-ton tactical truck of the Bundeswehr is a true legend. Nicknamed "Emma" it is the most famous military truck design along with the Unimog and the most popular military truck in private ownership. The MAN..

ATF DINGo 1 - Protected Vehicle Long before the now ubiquitous MRAPs found their way into the motor pools for example of the US Army or the British Army the German Bundeswehr introduced the All-Protected Transport Vehicle ATF Dingo 1. The ATF Dingo 1 was built to offer the German soldiers on mission..

M113 in the Modern German Army - Part 4 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under..

M113 in the Modern German Army - Part 3 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under..

M113 in the Modern German Army - Part 2 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under..

M 113 in the Modern German Army - Part 1 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it unde..

LARS 2 - MARS Modern German Army Rocket Artillery For several decades, rocket artillery of the German Bundeswehr was shaped by the use of US-manufactured weapon systems with nuclear capabilities. This changed with the fielding of the Raketenwerfer 110 mm SF rocket launcher, a conventional rocket art..

Modern German Army Rocket Artillery Honest John - SERGEANT - LANCE - LARS 1 In the weapons arsenal of the Bundeswehr of the Cold War tactical ground-to-ground rocket systems played a key role to fulfil the demanded tasks within NATo both in conventional and nuclear battle scenarios. In the early yea..

MAN Tactical Trucks of the Follow-on Generation of the German Bundeswehr The development of the Follow-on Generation of trucks for the Bundeswehr was a unique event. It was only possible in the Cold War period with its outstanding demands. A lot of money and workforce was invested in the project. Th..

Wiesel 1 - Mobile Weapon Platform The complicated and long-termed development history of the airborne weapon carrier Wiesel 1 started in 1969 and lasted until the first series-production vehicles were handed over to the Bundeswehr in 1990. Since then the unique design Wiesel 1 is an outstanding succ..

The Early Years of the Modern German Army on 64 pages the organization and equipment of the early years of the modern German Army is comprehensively documented both in writing and in photographical form. Includes many hitherto unpublished colour photographs.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 49 col..

The tanks M 41 and M 47 in German Army service With the foundation of the Modern German Army, Bundeswehr, the demand for tanks for the Armoured Corps and Cavalry became critical. To equip the new army with capable armoured vehicles the American tank types M 41 and M 47 were chosen to form the core o..

The M 48 Main Battle Tank in German Army Service After the stopp-gap-solution with the M 47 main battle tank, the first US-built M 48 A1 reached the Modern German Army in late 1957. With the later variants M 48 A2, M 48 A2 C and M 48 A2 G, the range could be modernised and upgraded until it reached ..