Tankograd Publishing WW1-1016 WWI Special Vol.16: 'Hedi' and Other Rare and Unusual Vehicles

Fahrzeugraritaten 'Hedi'
and other Rare and Unusual Vehicles

The main weapon systems of the Imperial German Army in World War One have been covered in past volumes in this series, including panzers, tanks, armoured cars, artillery tractors, antiaircraft gun carriers, trucks, motorcycles, ambulances and specialised vehicles. In some of these books the author wanted to add chapters that expanded the topics discussed, or to cover the story of certain vehicles that extended beyond the end of the Great War. However, this was not possible if the publications were to stay within their economic frame. This book now closes many of these gaps. Each of the following chapters represents the first-ever comprehensive coverage of its topic:
The tracked transport vehicle chapter comprehensively covers the Uberlandwagen, Dur-Wagen, Orion-Wagen and Lanz Gleiskettenschlepper fully tracked lorries, as well as fully tracked and half-tracked trucks. With the 'Hedi' anti-riot tank, the story of the A7V panzer continues into the turbulent post-war Freikorps era, including the first detailed 1/35 scale drawing. The chapter on Strassenlokomotiven provides extensive coverage of wartime steam-powered road locomotives by Fowler-Magdeburg, Kemna, Lanz, Heuke and others, which were used to haul super-heavy siege artillery. It is supplemented with a brief chapter on steam-powered trucks by Badenia and Wolf. Another section covers the use of cargo trucks for field artillery transport and as self-propelled guns during the war. The chapter on Daimler, Ehrhardt and Benz Schupo-Sonderwagen and the Gepanzerter Kraftwagen expands the story of German World War One armoured cars beyond the war, focusing on their extensive use by the post-war anti-riot police and later in Reichswehr service.
In 96 pages, this publication is richly illustrated with 205 black-and-white photographs and ten graphics, most of which have never been published before, plus a five-view technical drawing of the Freikorps 'Hedi' anti-riot tank in 1/35 scale.