Wehrmacht bicycle box

[Ken N]

This is the box that attaches to the cross bar of the 'Truppenfahrad 42'. It is meant to contain a single box of 200 rounds 8mm MG ammo. (the Patronenkaste41) As far as I know, the TP42 bicycle is the only standard army bike produced to military specs for specific use of the wehrmacht (as opposed to procurred civilian types)

I thought about putting this on the E-stand but I would have to think it's appeal would be limited to TP42 owners of which there can't be that many.

below is a pic of my TP42 (a "wanderer" brand produced in 1943) with said ammo box in place.

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[Jan B]

Another neat piece out of your collection Ken ...and I thought that "headgear" was your branche!

Here's once more a picture of my TruppenFahrrad restored by myself last year. Everything is original to it, except the rear-light which is postwar.

I got one of those little tire-pumps from you, remember?

Cheers

Jan