Hetzer Walk-Around

165thspc · 3 May 2023 16:49

Hetzer Walk-Around:

Patton Museum Hetzer:
On the heels of the new Takom Hetzer kit coming out, here is a walk-around of several vehicles I have encountered. Some are original WWII AFVs and some are back-dated post-war items.

G-13 Back-dated Vehicle seen here:
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Post-war Hetzer
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This one has the late 4-hole idler wheel.
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At some point this vehicle was back dated to look more as a WWII AFV.

All photos © Mike Koenig - All Rights Reserved

G-13 Engine Details:
Patton Vehicle

165thspc · 3 May 2023 17:16

Hetzer Interior:
This vehicle is/was in the Collection of Kiesler Police Supply & Firearms; Indiana.
To my knowledge this vehicle is WWII era original and complete.

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Note wartime 8-hole rear idler wheel as seen above.
(If it does not have teeth it is not a sprocket.)

Front Drive Sprocket above.

Rear firewall.

This last photo is Patton vehicle with cabin roof deck removed for maintenance.

165thspc · 3 May 2023 17:56

Unknown Vehicle - Buckley Homestead Event; Lowell, Indiana:

tankerken · 3 May 2023 21:43

Are these engine photos original or post war engine?

Great shots of the Hetzer in action!
Ken

brekinapez · 4 May 2023 00:00

And if it doesn’t say “Spacely’s” it’s just an ordinary sprocket.

tankerken · 4 May 2023 00:23

It could be a Cogswell Cog!
Ken

165thspc · 4 May 2023 04:22

Those first engine photos are of the Patton post-war vehicle

165thspc · 6 May 2023 19:37

Help Jane! Stop this crazy thing . . . !

smolensk · 7 May 2023 17:19

Take care… a lot of this are G13 (postwar) more or less converted in Hetzer

165thspc · 7 May 2023 23:25

The Patton Hetzer is most likely a G-13 but the Keisler owned vehicle is, I believe, original WWII as stated in the text.

tankerken · 8 May 2023 03:45

The Patton Hetzer was a G-13. Somewhere I have an old photo of it with the muzzle brake on it.
Ken

165thspc · 8 May 2023 05:33

Never saw it with a brake.

tankerken · 8 May 2023 13:48

Oh sure, now I have to dig out my old photos and scan something.

Not a big surprise, that was back in the 1970s. These are a pair of post cards I bought at the Patton Gift shop in 1980, when I was going through training:

The caption on the back of the top one reads: German 38 (T) Tank Destroyer and Volkswagen “Jeep”. These restored, operational vehicles are featured at the Patton Museum “Living History” Demonstration each July Fourth.

Ken