> Does anyone out there have specs on the ot-810 or the SD.KFZ 251/D
> type halftrack's?
>
Hi Rich.
Here=B4s a bit of INFO on both vehicles:
Sd.Kfz. 251/1:
6-cyl. 100 bhp engine (Maybach HL42TUKRM 4170 CC ohc) driving front
sprockets via 7-speed (3 reverse) preselector gearbox and controlled
differential. Hydraulic brakes. Conventional plus track steering.
Transversal leaf-spring suspension at front, torsions bars rear. Tyre
size 190 - 18. Overall dimensions 5800 x 2000 x 1750 (hull) mm.
Weight 7400 kg.
Medium APC, produced 1939 - 45 in four basic versions (Ausf. A to D)
with numerous variants, by Hanomag (parent firm), Borgward and
others.
Ref.: Historic Military Vehicles Directory, Bart Vanderveen, page
134, near bottom.
OT-810:
V-8cyl. 120 bhp engine (Tatra 928-3 11 752 cc air-cooled diesel)
driving front sprockets via 4-speed gearbox and 2-speed transfer box.
Air brakes. Leaf-spring front suspension (transversal), torsions bars
for boogie wheels. Tyre size 7.50 - 20. Wheelbase (to centre of
track) 2895 mm. Overall dimensions 5710 x 2100 x 1080 mm. Weight 7500
kg.
Crew 12. Produced in the late =B450s, patterned on German Sd.Kfz. 251
(H kl 6 p). Major differences: engine, dry-pin tracks, roof armour.
Also with recoilless rifle.
Ref.: Historic Military Vehicles Directory, Bart Vanderveen, page 67,
top.
Greetings
Henrik Teller
DK - 6270 Toender
http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc14286/
E-mail: Henrik_Teller@vip.cybercity.dk
FIDO-net 2:238/93.58
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