The best of the best (IMO)

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:30 pm

Along with its prodigious fuel consumption, difficulty in negotiating off road terrain and poor quality armor?

It did have a fabulous main gun though.

Panzer_M · Post by **Panzer_M** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:11 pm

ltcbj wrote:Cool!

Thanks for the pic. That certainly looks like they are loading a Marder. Great proof.

Although I do have to say that being able to air transport something does not mean it is necessarily designed to be so.

I would guess that the Germans were in the middle of trying to figure out how to fight a war with inadequate industrial and raw material reserves and this is another example of their simply trying anything in a pinch.

yea Marder I, based on a Lorraine Tractor(French) chassis, not sure on the weight of the vehicle off the top of my head.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:42 pm

About nine (9) tons.