Kfz 72 Radio Truck information needed.

[SpookyDad]

I am looking for any information, pictures, diagrams, manuals, etc related to the Kfz 72 radio truck. I am most interested in the receiver truck based on the Krupp L 3 H 63 chassis.

Currently, I am looking for details on how the windows operate, the door and window trim, and other interior details.

I have the following books for reference:

Wireless for Wehrmacht by Wings and Wheels Publications.
Both of Barger's radio books.
Die Heeres-Nachrichtentruppe der Wehrmacht 1935-1945 by Hans-Georg Kampe
Lastkraftwagen Der Wehrmacht. (lots of good photos)
Handbook of German Military Forces by the US War Department.

I also have a few original photographs of the trucks.

Thanks in advance.

SpookyDad

[Val]

Hi,


Hope this helps.

http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/krupp163.htm

[Val]

Hi,

Also look here

http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/einheits.htm

[SpookyDad]

Thanks. I have scoured both of those sites. They do have plenty of information.

SpookyDad

[Funksammler]

Kfz 72 transmitter van

I found some more pictures related to the Kfz 72.

This one shows the transmiiter from a slightly different angle. Note the back of the folding chair standing in the middle in front of the transmitter:

<a href="http://s672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/?action=view&current=kfz72-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/kfz72-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Kfz 72 transmitter"></a>

Here is a view of the rotary transformer, placed under the receiving table against the front bulkhead of the Kfz 72 cabin. Again you can see part of the same folding chair:

<a href="http://s672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/?action=view&current=kfz7201.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/kfz7201.jpg" border="0" alt="Kfz 72 transmitter van, Umformer"></a>

A surviving example of the folding chair

<a href="http://s672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/?action=view&current=DSC01056.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i672.photobucket.com/albums/vv86/Funksammler/DSC01056.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

regards,

Funksammler

[SpookyDad]

Can someone tell me what these three items are?

(Obviously #3 is a sign, what does it say?)

[Yuri D.]

#1 looks like a Bosch-type power socket (for 12 volt vehicular power). You see these all over the insides of Panzers and other vehicles.

Yuri

[SpookyDad]

Is there a source for these? original / repro / modern equivalent

Neil

[Yuri D.]

The come up on Ebay from time to time. They are not that rare.

Yuri

[SpookyDad]

I am very curious about #2. They are in several photos in various parts of the truck.

Neil

[Funksammler]

It is an ashtray....

Funksammler

[Yuri D.]

It is an ashtray....

Funksammler

Haha.....I wanted to say the same thing, but waited for someone else to comment.

Yuri

[Funksammler]

I kid you not! Since the radio operators worked in rigid shifts and were not allowed to leave their post, all Funkwagens were fitted with ashtrays (unlike normal vehicles). Ergonimics in wartime!

The sign reads:

Vorsicht! Feind hoert mit!
Bei Benutzung des Fernsprechers
Mikrofon des Senders ausschalten

Basically a warning to avoid uncoded text (as spoken over the telephone line) to accidentally being transmitted.

regards,

Funksammler

[SpookyDad]

The come up on Ebay from time to time. They are not that rare.

Yuri

If anyone spots one on ebay, please let me know! I am going to need several.

Thanks

Neil

[SpookyDad]

It is an ashtray....

Funksammler

Have you ever seen an original for sale? That would be too cool.

Neil