Author Topic: VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen - TS1 Painted 190527  (Read 15850 times)

ripley

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Re: VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen - TS1 Painted 190527
« Reply #30 on: June 09, 2019, 08:03:45 am »
Lots of photos out there of Schwimms on  sandy ground , surrounded by palm type trees , and even  driven by a bunch of Yanks  but the captions don't really state weather it's southern Italy ,Sicily or North Africa . And a lot of the model companies  give you Afrika Korps decals in their Schwimm kits but none of the pictures I've found show the vehicle markings clear enough to be sure . It would fit in the 1942/43 time frame of the Germans in North Africa , but I've found   no concrete evidence as yet that it was there . But who's to say there weren't a few in service in Africa , Rommel had a few weird vehicles in his army ( Bison II , Bison III { one of a kind IRC } ,Land-Wasser-Schlepper  & Diana ), so maybe a couple might show up

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Re: VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen - TS1 Painted 190527
« Reply #31 on: June 09, 2019, 03:22:33 pm »
You may find more info here : http://www.deutsches-afrika-korps.de/

They have some pictures of Schwimms that made it to Africa. And a lot more interesting stuff.

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Re: VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen - TS1 Painted 190527
« Reply #32 on: June 10, 2019, 01:53:05 am »
Wow , very interesting site . Thanks