[derhamburgerjung]

Hello again, I´am not sure if somebody is interested in tank/ spg/ truck pictures
here are some from the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz, Germany
The name roughly translates to Collection for studying military engineering

[Cruver Collecter]

Oh yeah! I like the Hummel.

[derhamburgerjung]

And some more from the WTS

[Hornchurch]

Hi d.h.j - when I was last there, back in May '93 there was no Jagdpanther present at that time.

Amongst some of the star exhibits that WERE there on that Friday were some of the following.....(attached pix)


The only reason we'd been informed of this excellent museum, was when coming down the staircase of the Diekirch museum in Luxembourg, my mate was busy chatting to an 'off-duty' Koblenz police-officer whose father was in the S.S. on the 16th Dec 'Wacht Am Rhein' assault.

He informed us of the Wehrtechnische collection & metioned a 'Morser' in the collection.

My two mates nearly passed-out when I told them what he meant..... (a 'Sturm-Tiger') !!!!!!!!!!!

Is it still there today ????????

Sadly, on the way from Lux' thru Germany, one of my mates fell off his CB.900 & cracked a rib (on Wednesday) !!!!!!!!!!!

So only two of us went there........ two days later.

No flash-photography allowed & VERY poor interior lighting, coupled with a VERY dark-afternoon meant Dark-pictures !!!!!!!

Got absolutely RAIN-SATURATED on the way home on my Kawasaki Z.1000.J

Was worth it though, to see such rare beasts.

Is "Erika" 'Black-801' (the Panther Mk.V) still there also ?????? as I've seen footage of her trundling around, since.


P.S. the 'Fugly' leaning against the SturmTiger is NOT "yours-truly" (I'm taking the snap !)

[derhamburgerjung]

Hello Hornchurch,
nice to meet people who know this Collection first hand.The Sturmtiger is now part of the Tank Museum in Munster, Germany.Next to the Tank Warfare school of the German Army.
One day I need to see this place, must be awesome.

But I plan to visit the Koblenz collection again this year and will post the pictures here.
Just for Info : If it ends up as planned, the Collection will be disbanded this year and all vehicles will be transferred to either Dresden Military Museum or to another Army Depot in Koblenz.
I did not find any current status concerning this move on the internet today but this was my last info.

Did you also spent some minutes in the bookshop next to the collection?

[smartd]

Some nice looking vehicles there. Is that an Iltis with the red crosses?

[derhamburgerjung]

Originally Posted by smartd

Some nice looking vehicles there. Is that an Iltis with the red crosses?

You are right, Sir
The Iltis was in use with the German Army for a quite some years.It is replaced by the Mercedes-Benz G Model