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Supacat



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A different type of half track
Not seen that arrangement before:


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German half tracked 7,7cm Flugabwehrkanone R.K.-Schlepper,77mm SPAAG carrier. https://t.co/mGTi5rmo8t https://twitter.com/Ninja998998/status/1316988810257981447?s=20
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There were similar vehicles knocking about pre-war, mainly Austrian I believe. 2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton
1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker
1969 IIA 1-Ton
1966 IIA 88"
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looks quite a neat solution to being useable on 'normal' roads and still versatile off.........

wonder if the height of the tracks is adjustable??
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Supacat



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I wondered that myself. It's hard to see if there's any mechanism to do so:


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Found a little more on it here:

https://477768.livejournal.com/4384813.html

"The experimental RK-Schlepper RK-Schlepper wheeled-tracked chassis was developed in the 1920s. by the German company Maffei. The development was carried out with the aim of developing a promising market in China, however, it did not come to the practical implementation of these plans. The prototype, however, did not stand idle either - in 1930-1931. on the basis of the RK-Schlepper, an experienced self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was created 7,7cm Flugabwehrkanone RK-Schlepper, armed with a 75-mm anti-aircraft gun Schwere Flugabwehrkanone."

Edit:

This article suggests it does indeed lower the tracks:

http://aviarmor.net/tww2/halftracks/germany/77mm_rk_maffei.htm

"On the roads, she moved on four wheels, and when moving to rough terrain, the crew lowered two tracks mounted along the sides ”.

"With the help of a special drive, the caterpillar propeller was lowered 330 mm down, slightly raising the wheels. It is argued that on tracks, the self-propelled gun could reach speeds of up to 10kph, while oon wheels the maximum speed increased to 55 kph."
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This is the one I was thinking of:

https://www.google.com/search?q=saurer+rr7...;prmd=inmv 2011 110 USW
1973 Series III 1-Ton
1972 Series III 1-Ton Cherrypicker
1969 IIA 1-Ton
1966 IIA 88"
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That's a nice variantion on the theme:



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Quite some movement in the wheel positions between the two:




Some clever engineering.
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It's another example of Germany's obsession during the war of building clever but overly complex equipment in low volumes, whereas the allied focus (USA and Russia in particular) was all about volume.

But it does look neat!!!
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