War Park - Volkswagen 166 Schwimmwagen (1 Viewer)

[ChrisTay]

Check out pics here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.407355539792794&type=3

Rgds,Chris

 

[Desertkiwi]

Check out pics here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.407355539792794&type=3

Rgds,Chris

They look great Chris, thanks for posting!

 

[TomNT]

They look great Chris, thanks for posting!

These are awesome Toddy and well priced, I reckon i'll grab all three versions! It's one of my fav WW2 vehicles.

Tom

 

[wayne556517]

Someone post pics don't have FB thanks

 

[ChrisTay]

Volkswagen 166 amphibious bodytub German car is also called the "Schwimmwagen", "Schwimm" and "Wagen" meaning "swimming" and "car" respectively. In early 1940, the German military commissioned Volkswagen to develop an amphibious vehicle suitable for use in transversing staggered areas of water networks.

Accordingly to the military's request, Ervin Komanda (Erwin Komenda), first body designer of Ferdinand Porsche (Ferdinand Porsche), designed a new integrated body structure - the Volkswagen 166 amphibious car. The 166 vehicle made extensive use of the engine and mechanicals of the Volkswagen 86-type four-wheel drive vehicle prototype and the 87-type four-wheel drive "Beetle" command car.

From 1942 to 1944, the 166 Schwimmwagens were produced by Volkswagen in the Fallersleben/Wolfsburg and Porsche factories in Stuttgart. A total of 15,584 vehicles were made, making this the most mass-produced amphibious vehicle in history. The 166 Schwimmwagens were put into service in the battlefield at the end of 1942, mainly equipping the SS of the Third Reich, on the battlefield of Kharkov, especially for the reconnaissance units of command divisions. Meanwhile, in order to prepare for the Battle of Kharkov, the German stronghold had retained a group of troops originally belonging to the Rommel Desert Corps. Thus, many of the vehicles received by the SS were still painted in yellow, and the front-line troops hastily coated them with white paint on the outer surface for winter camouflage.

 

[ChrisTay]

Someone post pics don't have FB thanks

Try to get Facebook and save us a lot of trouble to resize photos...

 

[ChrisTay]

Kh011

 

[ChrisTay]

Kh012

 

[ChrisTay]

Kh012

 

[ChrisTay]

Kh013

 

[ChrisTay]

Kh013..

 

[ChrisTay]

Group of 3

 

[ChrisTay]

Two of us, we are on our way home.....

 

[bradleyl30]

Is saying they were put mainly into service with SS an over statement?
Yes, they received a lot, but they were also used in many other units, too.

 

[ChrisTay]

Is saying they were put mainly into service with SS an over statement?
Yes, they received a lot, but they were also used in many other units, too.

Bradley, Please suggest corrections to the write up as you deemed necessary for accuracy. Much appreciated.

Thanks,Chris

 

[wayne556517]

Thanks Chris for posting pics

 

[bradleyl30]

Bradley, Please suggest corrections to the write up as you deemed necessary for accuracy. Much appreciated.

Thanks,Chris

I apologize for not saying how much I appreciated posting all the pictures. They are great.

I did not mean any disrespect. It just piqued my curiosity. I would like to hearfrom others if they have information on them. I have looked but haven’t seen allocations.

 

[Desertkiwi]

These are awesome Toddy and well priced, I reckon i'll grab all three versions! It's one of my fav WW2 vehicles.

Tom

Cheers Tom mate, yeah really like the detail and colour's used on these models, plus the poses of the accompanying figures look excellent.

I also think producing two similar winter models is also very clever and hope WP explore this concept further.

Thanks to Chris T as well for taking the time to post such great pics!:salute::

 

[Peiper007]

Cheers Tom mate, yeah really like the detail and colour's used on these models, plus the poses of the accompanying figures look excellent.

I also think producing two similar winter models is also very clever and hope WP explore this concept further.

Thanks to Chris T as well for taking the time to post such great pics!:salute::

I may give these a miss, have all the other figures, but think they a bit expensive, got price from other post on TF,

KH011 - 174.95$ - think this is the winter version with 2 figures

KH012 - 189.98$ - think this is another winter version with 2 figures

KH013 - 99.95$ - think this is the desert version with no figures

plus 10% P & P.

look great, but for that amount of money there are other things I want more.

 

[vincent1973]

I like their Schwimmwagens. I only have one gripe. There is a Panzerfaust on the second version. That's a no go for Kharkov. The earliest versions of the Panzerfaust came into use in august 1943, about 5 months after the battle.