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unknown in Bittere Ernte, Movie, 1985
Class: Trucks, Simple truck
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2021-02-04 10:51 |
Of course, the military used confiscated civilian trucks, but keeping their original colours would be extremely risky, if not outright stupid. In reality, all non-military vehicles received a new paint (mostly 'Feldgrau'). Also, this has a civilian plate of the province Silesia (IK), which would have been replaced by a 'WH' (Wehrmacht Heer) plate. Other means of militarization of civilian vehicles included NOTEC headlight covers in order to avoid being seen, and a so-called 'Nachtmarschgerät', which translates into 'night marshing device', a special kind of headlight which would allow the driver to see a certain portion of his surroundings, but reducing the chance of being spotted by enemy forces. Of course, this only walks with slow speeds. I am not certain, but probably they also wrote the maximum payload and the tire pressure on the sides in order to avoid damages, and probably also the trailer hitch was replaced by a military one, since all trailers, artillery etc. had standardized hitches. At least during the cold war, this would be done to civilian trucks confiscated by the German military in an emergency situation. |
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◊ 2021-02-04 11:55 |
The military would not worry about damage, as long as the thing got them where they wanted to go and hopefully got them back again. "The Bedford did not take kindly to a gallon of Lyle's Golden Syrup being poured into its engine instead of oil." Quoted as being amongst the problems caused by the recruiting of local workers who did not read the European alphabet, let alone English. I can't use the real wording, not politically correct. It would never have happened in UK, only in places where the syrup would have been thin enough to pour due to the heat. -- Last edit: 2021-02-04 12:06:21 |
