7,7cm WD Schlepper 50 Ps

[Ghostmaxi 873]

I would like to suggest the 7,7 cm WD Schlepper 50 PS. Funny name, what is it? Oh thats simple its a classical 1920 fully tracked tractor with some armor put on and a 7,7 cm FK 96 L/27 put on a 30° platform with gunshield on it. Crew of 2 1 build and put into service. Funny story, but similar to the Zis 30.

 

The Wehrmacht gave on the 08.10.1926 an order to Krupp AG to construct an SPG for a 7,5 cm Infantry gun. It was an civil Fully tracked vehicle to be used and a Gun with shield of 8mm with 15° traverse to each side as well as -10 and +40° elevation. The Hull armor 10mm and a max speed of 12 km/H. ammo was at the back in 5mm armored boxes.

 

The gun is the 7,7 cm FK 96 with about the same projectiles as the later 7,5 cm K 37 L/24 (the FK 96 were later also rechamered for 7,5 mm ammo which is based on the 7,7 cm ammo)

There was an He grenade, which i couldnt find info on, but one He grenade was called Feldgranate 96 with a weight of 6,8 kg and 190g of TNT (had a good shrapnell and a moderate AT performance used in WW1 with great sucsess against British landship tanks also 465m/s by gaijins calculation 53-57mm penetration.

There was also AP grenade perhaps the preversion of the K.Gr.Rot Pz with 6,8 kg fired at 465m/s and by gaijins calculation with wopping 66mm at 10m

10mm Hull armor all round

50 HP at 850 r/min

12kmph

2crew

8mm gunshild

7,7 cm FK 96

15° left and right each

-10+40° elevation

around 10-40 rounds in 5mm ammo box at the back

6 ton

(Its so old its hard to find reliable info on it)

http://www.landships.info/landships/artillery_articles/images/fk96_nA_1_5_small.jpg

Sources:  Thomas L.Jentz, Hilary Louis Doyle - Panzer Tracts No.7-1, Panzerjäger (3,7cm Tak bis Pz.Sfl.Ic) Entwicklung und Einsatz von 1927 bis 1941

Walter J. Spielberger - Die RAD- und Vollkettenzugmaschinen des Deutschen Heeres 1870-1945

[ItssLuBu 1,803]

Approved and open for discussion. 

[DMYEugen 688]

+1 Would be next to useless but I don't really care. 

[Milocat 4,857]

+1, looks cool to me.  Would have to be added in an event or something for the memes only though since its usefulness is highly questionable.

[qpranger 1,887]

Yes please, I am always up for a bit of schlepping.