Engineering and Combat Engineering Vehicles.Allied or Axis

In my German High Tech thread there have been a few posts and pics about the use of Engineering vehicles used by the US and German military. There are quite a few photos and lots of information on the vehicles used by the US but hardly any on the Germans. Does anyone have any info or pics on what vehicles were used by other countries? Japan,UK,USSR,Ect?

 

Armored Bulldozer

 

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RITTER MIDGARD-SCHLANGE (1934-1935)



RITTER MIDGARD-SCHLANGE

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This is unbelieveable! These are a couple of images I myself posted somewhere ages ago in a quiz, that's why Churchill's head is blacked out!

Here's Nellie, from the same site above:

 

Finland

 

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OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY

 

Another Bulldozer

 

I seem to recall that the Japanese utilized captured US construction equipment during the war. Does anyone know if the Germans did at all? And did the Germans use bulldozers or something similar?

 

Look!! Some German bridging vehicles !!!

 

I love all the assorted sizes of dozers that were in use and the uses they were put to .

 

In formation on German Engineering equipment from the 1945 U.S. War Department Technical Manual, TM-E 30-451: Handbook on German Military Forces

CHAPTER VIII. EQUIPMENT
Section V. ENGINEER EQUIPMENT
9. Mechanical Equipment
a. 6-TON MOBILE CRANE (Sd. Kfz. 9/1) (Drehkran Kraftwagen 6 t.). This crane is mounted on the chassis of the 18-ton semi-tracked vehicle (Sd. Kfz. 9). It has a telescopic jib mounted on a ball-bearing base, which permits a traverse of 180 degrees and an adjustment for ground slope up to 12 degrees in any direction. The jib has two radii of operation according to the lifting capacity: 6 tons for the smaller radius and 4 tons for the larger radius.

f. GERMAN PILE DRIvES. (1) Field Pile-Driving Frame 1939. (a) Description. This equipment consists of a guide mast with a double block at the top, supported on a base by two back stays. For pile-driving from land the frame is mounted on four wheels. These wheels are replaced by beams when pile-driving is carried on from a raft. A two-drum, hand winch serves to raise and lower the pile driver. The following can be operated on the frame:
(b) Characteristics.
Three-piece hand-operated monkey . . . . . 440 foot pounds.Compressed air pile driver . . . . . 360 foot pounds.Compressed air pile driver . . . . . 1,440 foot pounds.Diesel pile driver . . . . . 992 foot pounds.Diesel pile driver . . . . . 1,323 foot pounds.
(2) Pneumatic pile driver (360 foot pounds). (a) Description. The main components are a stationary part, consisting of the piston, piston rod, and piston base; a moving part (monkey) consisting of driving block, cylinder, and screw-in cylinder head; a spring-loaded clamping device, and a guide for use with the pile-driving frame 39. The driver is the fast hitting type and attains its high rate because the acceleration of the moving portion is due not only to its own weight but also to the compressed air operating downwards on an internal flange at the base of the bore of the cylinders.
(b) Characteristics.
Weight of monkey . . . . . 121 pounds.Cylinder base . . . . . 2.5 inches.Stroke . . . . . 1 foot 5 3/8 inches.Force per blow . . . . . 360 foot pounds.Striking rate . . . . . 105 per minute.
(3) Pneumatic pile driver (1,440 foot pounds). (a) Description. This pile driver is similar to the lighter one, but it has a heavier monkey and a longer stroke. This driver is the free falling type. The monkey is lifted up by compressed air, falls freely onto the base plate, and gives up its kinetic energy to the pile after covering a stroke of little more than a yard.
(b) Characteristics.
Weight of monkey . . . . . 448 pounds.Cylinder base . . . . . 3 9/16 inches.Stroke . . . . . 3 feet 3 1/2 inches.Force per blow . . . . . 1,440 foot pounds.Striking rate . . . . . 54 per minute.
(4) Diesel pile driver (992 foot pounds). (a) Description. The main components are the piston with anvil, the monkey, the guide tubes, the headpiece, and the fuel tank. This diesel pile driver works on the two-stroke principle: an explosion takes place on each hitting stroke. The required ignition temperature is reached through the compression of the air trapped between the top of the falling piston and the monkey.
(b) Characteristics.
Weight of monkey . . . . . 980 pounds.Total weight . . . . . 2,100 pounds.Stroke . . . . . 4 feet 7 inches.Striking rate . . . . . 56 per minute.
(5) Heavy diesel pile driver.
(a) Characteristics.
Weight of monkey . . . . . 1,100 pounds.Cylinder base . . . . . 8 1/2 inches.Stroke . . . . . 7 feet 2 5/8 inches.Energy per blow . . . . . 8,255 foot pounds.Striking rate . . . . . 50 per minute.

i. EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT. Trench plows. Small and large trench plows are used by the German Army. The small trench plow consists of a double plowshare on the hooked end of a girder wHich is supported on a two-wheeled trailer and towed behind a semi-tracked vehicle. The large plow consists of the plow, anchor, pulley asseanbly, tow wire, and support.

 

Earth Auger

 

Hmmmmmm.... No other countries? LOL I would think that the "German stuff is freaking sweet!" set would have some info LOL

 

Brockway Model C666 and F666, 6 ton 6x6 (G547) with Quickway revolving crane

 

You gotta love this one. Still working over 60 years later .

 

Japan

Figure 11.—SKW Roller: These Japanese rollers are quite small, and are equipped with tiny four cylinder motors. The rollers have not been used by United States forces, but the motors have.

HANTA ROLLER
This Japanese-built power roller is shown in figure 13. The motor is a four-cylinder gasoline-operated, water-cooled Model B Ford engine. The gas tank is located beneath the driver's seat, and a tank for water is provided above and behind the front wheel.
Figure 13.—Japanese Hanta roller.
A system of cone clutches is used. This system contains the reverse mechanism. There are two speeds, which in conjunction with the clutch system, give two speeds forward, and two speeds reverse. Power is transmitted to the rear axle by a chain-type drive. Both rear wheels are driven, a differential being provided. The differential is not inclosed. The roller is 10 feet 1 inch in length, 5 feet 10 1/2 inches in width.
KOMATSU TRACTOR
This small, full-tracked vehicle is shown in figure 14. Steering is of the clutch-and-brake type. Hand levers operate the track clutches, while the foot brakes for the tracks are both on the right side, so placed that either or both brakes can be operated by the right foot. Lubrication of the vehicle is primarily by means of oil cups, and there are few grease fittings on the vehicle. Three forward and two reverse speeds can be obtained. A number of the bearings were made in Sweden. Certain of these bearings are interchangeable with United States bearings.
Figure 14.—Japanese Komatsu tractor.
This vehicle is powered by a four-cylinder, water-cooled. gasoline-operated motor. It has overhead valves, and magneto-type ignition. The magneto is marked in English "TYPE 1C-200 SERIES, 37° Automatic RETARD." It is reported to be interchangeable with German Bosch magnetos from the Japanese high-speed artillery tractors. The fan is gear-operated. Engine tiring order is 1, 2, 4, 3. *The significance of the designation "81" is unknown, but is believed to refer to the horsepower. The first Model 81 trucks were made in 1937.

Lone Sentry: Japanese Motor Vehicles can be Operated on United States Fuels (WWII Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 51, October 1944)