In its early years (1957 thru 1963), the West German Bundeswehr bought dummy tanks for training purposes and to fill up the ranks of rear echelon units. They were built on Unimog chassis and made in two varieties: one pretty well resembled the infamous German APC HS-30 , the other was called “M47”, but looked a lot more like a T-55 with a stovepipe for a gun - OPFOR, if you will.
Both are illustrated in volume 3 of the Tankograd trilogy on the Unimog, #5068. There’s even a 1/35 scale five-view drawing of the “HS-30”, but not of the “M47/T-55”. As Dirk Degenhardt, the artist who did these in 2017, has also made comparable drawings of most all other Unimog variants, I am pretty sure that this dummy tank was not the only one to be left out - I just don’t know where to find it. Can anyone help?
TIA, Peter
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Neckermann-Panzer in winter exercises. That´s an interesting topic. A shame that non of the Attrappen have survived.
An interesting topic
WDR Retro ∙ Hier und heute: Wintermanöver im Sauerland - hier anschauen
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nice find
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H.P.
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For those wondering about that name: Neckermann was one of the largest German mail-order companies.
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