Figati Fuel Truck - Only For V2?? (1 Viewer)

[Phantom Warrior]

Is this fuel truck highly specific for the V2 rocket only? Would it look out of place fueling Panzers?

Terry

 

[desk11desk12]

Is this fuel truck highly specific for the V2 rocket only? Would it look out of place fueling Panzers?

Terry

You're only limited by your imagination. I'll bet you this same fuel truck was used in the field too. A nice camo paint job would like cool too!

Carlos

 

[Steven Chong]

I understand that the Figarti V2 Fuel Truck is the same Opel Blitz fuel truck that the Luftwaffe used on its airfields -- just filled with gasoline instead of the rocket fuel component. However, most wartime pictures seem to show tanks being refueled from oil drums transported on trucks.

 

[JPB]

I agree

JPB

 

[Phantom Warrior]

I understand that the Figarti V2 Fuel Truck is the same Opel Blitz fuel truck that the Luftwaffe used on its airfields -- just filled with gasoline instead of the rocket fuel component. However, most wartime pictures seem to show tanks being refueled from oil drums transported on trucks.

I read as to why the tanks were fueled from drums and not trucks. It was for speed. A fuel truck could fuel only 1 tank at a time. In 1939, the French would line up tanks and fill them from the fuel truck. The fuel truck was a specialized vehicle with poor cross country mobility. If destroyed, it would be a big loss. But almost any vehicle (including ones with good crosscountry performance) could carry drums or jerrycans. The panzer units would have drums/gerrycans dropped next to each tank and they would all fill up at the same time. Then the vehicles would go back and get the empty cans.

Terry

 

[sceic2]

Would it not make sense then that a fuel truck was used to fill the empty jerry cans and drums at a position in the rear?