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[TerryG]

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[TerryG]

Liske survived the war and was still in the German army in 1963.

[wallonien]

Here's a nice portrait I got recently, what do you think, LWFD or FLAK?

[StuGIII]

PKW Car

Here's a PKW Car. Who made this car?

[Larrister]

Hi John,

Your car is a 1.3 liter Opel Olympia Cabrio-limousine, Modell 1935-36.

Photo from: "Deutsche Autos 1920-1945" by Werner Oswald.

Larry

[StuGIII]

Opel Olympia

Hi Larry,

Thanks for the identification. Obviously Opel named the car in honor of the 1936 Olympics. Was PKW a Wehrmacht nane for the car? That's what I was told the car was.

Regards,
John

[Larrister]

Hi John,

PKW in this case refers to PersonenKraftWagen (passenger car, automobile or motorcar).

Larry

[StuGIII]

Pkw

Hi Larry,

So PKW is just the abbreviation for the German word for car. Like where we would say 'Oh that's a nice car', the Germans would say something like 'That's a nice PKW'?

[Larrister]

Hi Larry,

So PKW is just the abbreviation for the German word for car. Like where we would say 'Oh that's a nice car', the Germans would say something like 'That's a nice PKW'?

Using a translator:

personenkraftwagen = passenger car.

In your photo the Opel has been requisitioned for use by the military.
So a description would be something like this:

An Opel Olympia PKW (passenger car) in use by a Heer unit.

The term PKW also describes any military vehicle (not including trucks) that was designed to carry passengers, kubelwagens for example.

Hope this explains it for you.


Larry

[StuGIII]

Pkw

Hi Larry, Mousey,

Thanks for the explanation. It clears everything up for me.

John

[StuGIII]

officers out for a ride

Here are some officers out for a ride.

[StuGIII]

officers by staff car

Here are officers standing by a staff car. Is this car a Mercedes?

[StuGIII]

General saluting soldiers

Here's an officerr, I assume a general saluting troops from a Mercedes. Any idea who this general was?

[StuGIII]

Soldier with daughter

Here's a nice photo of a soldier with I assume his daughtger sitting on a truck.