Charlie Flick Posted December 16, 2007 Share #1 Posted December 16, 2007 This thing is HUGE! Anyone know what it is? I suspect that this may be a captured German vehicle, and the GI standing next to it is marveling at its size as well. It looks armored. How do those wheels execute a turn as they seem too close to the body of the vehicle to be able to do so? It also sorta of looks like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutkowski Posted December 16, 2007 Share #2 Posted December 16, 2007 The thing turns like a payloader on a single hinge in the middle you can see the piston midway down . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.B. Posted December 17, 2007 Share #3 Posted December 17, 2007 Beats me, although I agree, it appears to be a loader of some kind. Faun GmbH, heavy trucks, et al., had a factory in outside of Nuremberg, I believe. It could be one of theirs.... Cheers, AB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutkowski Posted December 17, 2007 Share #4 Posted December 17, 2007 It is a mine clearing vehicle developed for the German army called a Krupp, KRUPP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.B. Posted December 17, 2007 Share #5 Posted December 17, 2007 Great!! I found it here, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1107745/posts(scroll to the bottom of first article) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted December 17, 2007 Yes, that is it! Nice work, guys. Gut, you had a good eye there spotting the articulated joint. This thing was known as the Raumer S made by Krupp. Here is the substance of the info that AB found and linked us to: "In 1944, Krupp constructed the prototype of a super heavy mines destroyer. This monster of 130 t was articulated in its center, and was suspended on 4 wheels out of steel of 2.7m covered with shoes. Each part of Raümer S was propelled by Maybach HL90. The prototype of Räumer S was captured at the end of the war by the U.S. Army." Thanks for helping me figure this odd pic out. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt175 Posted December 17, 2007 Share #7 Posted December 17, 2007 Anyone else think it looks like a prototype of the vehicles in Damnation Alley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtbrown Posted December 23, 2007 Share #8 Posted December 23, 2007 Anyone else think it looks like a prototype of the vehicles in Damnation Alley? I must admit I looked twice to see if that was actually a GI standing by the vehicle as the exact same idea popped into my head. Great minds think alike? Yeah, right! tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogstad Posted February 9, 2008 Share #9 Posted February 9, 2008 I wonder what the US did with it. The Russians have another German Minsweeper in a Museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted February 10, 2008 Share #10 Posted February 10, 2008 The Räumer S was captured in Hillersleben 1945. As far as I know it was devided into two parts and moved to a U.S. Depot near Paris. Then it was lost... A nice modelling kit exists: http://strangevehicles.greyfalcon.us/Alkett.htm Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted February 10, 2008 Share #11 Posted February 10, 2008 Lost?? I don't even want to know...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogstad Posted February 15, 2008 Share #12 Posted February 15, 2008 How could they loose something that big ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gutkowski Posted February 15, 2008 Share #13 Posted February 15, 2008 Crap our Government can so it is possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beezman Posted February 15, 2008 Share #14 Posted February 15, 2008 There was a great need for building materials in France after WW2. Most tanks left on the battefield were scraped, and this is probably what happened to this vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper704 Posted February 15, 2008 Share #15 Posted February 15, 2008 Part of it is now somebody's barn door now. I saw other examples of parts of a Waco being used (part of tubing as leg of a workbench, lock of the side door used to lock a greenhouse, helmet to feed chickens with, part of the frame used as a wheelbarrow, etc). Not to mention the barrel of a Panther being used as a drainage "system" and another barrel (Tiger or Panther) being used to support the roof of a barn. So I am not really surprised. Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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