| Kaoschallenged | 26 Dec 2012 10:42 p.m. PST |
I recently posted a pic of a vehicle that was converted to use wood gas as a fuel. here are a few more,
PZII
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| Kaoschallenged | 26 Dec 2012 10:45 p.m. PST |
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| Barin1 | 27 Dec 2012 3:33 a.m. PST |
Russians used gasogenerating engines on a lot of local-made trucks – GAZ-24, ZIS-5, etc, and very rarely – on tractors. Never seen a picture of a Soviet tank with it – the size ridicules the whole idea of tank really.
French used the engines widely, also on military lorries before the war. Some pics: link |
| Klebert L Hall | 27 Dec 2012 5:26 a.m. PST |
A local kook has converted his car to run this way.
-Kle. |
| Garand | 27 Dec 2012 9:50 a.m. PST |
The Holtzgas system was indeed used on German tanks, but usually from a training unit, to save fuel for the front-line troops. It's possible, of course, some units might have been used in combat in the final weeks of war. Damon. |
| Kaoschallenged | 27 Dec 2012 10:29 a.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 27 Dec 2012 10:34 a.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 27 Dec 2012 3:53 p.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 27 Dec 2012 7:21 p.m. PST |
The heat is on! Holzgasantrieb by Dan Mouritzsen "In Germany, the investigation into using alternative forms of fuel for combustion engine vehicles started for real in 1941. One of the more successful alternatives was the use of wood gas generators and by the war's end more than 200.000 units has been produced. Here in the then occupied Denmark almost all civilian transport relied on either wood gas, man or horse power from mid war and until sometime after the war's end. An exception was the emergency services which to some extent were allowed to use small amounts of diesel or gasoline. The coal fired locomotives and the ferries were also allowed to go on daily but only with half the normal departures. All the combustion engine driven trains were only allowed to run if they were equipped with wood gas generators. The German occupying units here also relayed heavily on wood gas and in the German 233. Pz.Div. (renamed from the 233. Res.Pz.Div.), they had 7 Sd.Kfz. 251/1 with wood gas generators. At least two of these were "Fahrschule" (driving school) vehicles. There were also a few Pz.I and Pz.II with wood gas generators, but which unit/unit's these Panzer's belonged to are unknown, as they do not appear in any official German documents. It is possible that they belonged to the Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 400 in Viborg as they were primarily found in the Viborg area after the war." link |
| tuscaloosa | 27 Dec 2012 7:39 p.m. PST |
Some doomsday preppers drive these, too. |
| 14th Brooklyn | 28 Dec 2012 4:16 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know what type the tank numbered "124" (1st and 4th photo) is? The hull looks French or early British, but the turret is pulling me off. THX, Burkhard |
| deephorse | 28 Dec 2012 9:01 a.m. PST |
It looks like an Italian M13/40. |
| Gaz0045 | 28 Dec 2012 9:51 a.m. PST |
Yep,M13/40 same as the one on the train…. |
| 14th Brooklyn | 28 Dec 2012 10:35 a.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 28 Dec 2012 12:26 p.m. PST |
They are M15/42s from what I understand. Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 28 Dec 2012 6:31 p.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 29 Dec 2012 3:40 p.m. PST |
link I do like the converted Sd.Kfz.251/1s. Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 30 Dec 2012 5:31 p.m. PST |
I like the various photos of vehicles using LNG too. Robert
Fahrschulepanzerwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E (Holzgasantrieb) link
Fahrschulepanzerjäger 38(t) Ausf. M « Marder III » (Holzgasantrieb) link
Fahrschulepanzerwagen V Panther Ausf. D (Holzgasantrieb) link |
