"Painted 28mm Land Wasser Schlepper" Topic

Painted 28mm German Land Wasser Schlepper

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Nice. I've only ever seen it in grey before. The dunklegelb really shows it off nicely.

How are you going to use it in a scenario?

Very nice!

Nicely done!

I have also only ever seen it in grey but given that they used them from 1942 on Dunklegelb makes a lot of sense

I can honestly I've never seen one of these before!
Any idea of how many made, with which units were they used?

Primarily on the Eastern front and North Africa.

"Development of Landwasserschlepper (Land-Water-Tractor) started in 1936, but first 7 vehicles were completed in July of 1940. Additional 14 were produced by March of 1941. It was designed by Rheinmetall-Borsig as an amphibious vehicle for the use by engineers but it lacked storage and loading/unloading access. To overcome this problem, special 10 and 20 ton amphibious trailers were made. It carried 3 to 5 men crew and 20 passangers. Another problem was that it was unarmored and could operate effectively in the combat area. LWS saw service in Russia and North Africa."

Thanks Jeff!
Seems odd amphibious vehicles in the desert?

In North Africa they were used to ferry supplies ashore mostly.

If you're looking for the model it's available in my web store.

Thanks Jeff, I game in 20mm.

Thanks Jeff, I game in 20mm.

Yeah a bit of an oddity in any scale, but I think Dragon and Hobby Boss make them in 1/72. Don't think I've ever seen one in resin but that would be nice too.