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In germany, minesweeper, prototype the surviving vskfz 617 minenraumer at the kubinka tank museum in russia. German minesweeper m1 was a m 1935class minesweeper of nazi germanys kriegsmarine in world war ii. Download 761 minesweeper stock photos for free or amazingly low rates. Minesweeper stock photos download 761 royalty free photos. The vehicle featured heavy armor plating to protect the occupants from exploding mines, while the massive wheels were fitted with large and heavy shoes that would provide the strong ground pressure to detonate the mines. Vskfz 617 is a german mysterious weapon which used in world war ii and has an unknown story. The raumer s selbstrantrieb was a heavily armoured minesweeper developed and built by krupp for germany during the second world war. Schwere minenraumer, commander series models 1023 1994. Vskfz 617 refers to a pzkfw 1 tank and 9537 is the chassis number. The strong and gigantic wheels are used for the detonation of mines to obtain a cleared access path for german infantry and afvs. Third reich mixed insignia lots 506 germany federal republic 506 view all 380 1957 version awards 34 order of merit 85 other 24 germany democratic republic 19451990. The vskfz 617 was designed by alkett, krupp, and mercedesbenz in the early 1940s as a minesweeper.
In front of the gigantic german world war ii land battleship landkreuzer ratte. Manufactured in 1942 by the alkett factory near berlin, the vskfz 617 schwere minenraumer nk101 was heavily armored and designed to detonate mines by simply rolling over them. I have a model of the alsorealworld vskfz 617 minenraumer prototype, a german minesweeper vehicle design, circe 1942. Minesweeper, naval vessel used to clear an area of mines see mine. Schwere minenraumer alkett vskfz 617 nk101 case report. Weighing over tons, this behemoth was effectively two sections articulated in the center, and moved by massive steel wheels that were 2. The manufacturer was alkett of berlin and on a plate nmr vskfz 617 and nmr 9537 is engraved. The vehicle has a turret of panzer i tank which is equipped with mg34 machine guns ensuring the close defense of the machine.
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