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Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 17 April 2018 Listed here are the sWS and Maultier that still exist today. Walter Schwabe, March 2011 Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK) This is one of the 5 Versuch Vehicles that were built. Fahrgestellnumber 2021, built by Büssing-Nag Falk Springer, March 2007 - http://fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Artikel/SWS.html sWS – Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden (Germany) Fahrgestellnumber 150362, built in 1944 by Büssing-Nag

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Page 1: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 17 April 2018

Listed here are the sWS and Maultier that still exist today.

Walter Schwabe, March 2011

Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK) This is one of the 5 Versuch Vehicles that were built. Fahrgestellnumber 2021, built by Büssing-Nag

Falk Springer, March 2007 - http://fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Artikel/SWS.html

sWS – Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden (Germany)

Fahrgestellnumber 150362, built in 1944 by Büssing-Nag

Page 2: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Walter Schwabe, May 2013

Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper – Private Collection (Germany)

This is another Versuch vehicle. It has different tracks than normal. Fahrgestellnumber is 2018, built by Büssing-Nag. The vehicle is on loan to the Liberty Museum Overloon

Walter Schwabe, July 2014

Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper – Private Collection (Germany)

Fahrgestellnumber 250041, built by Tatra. The vehicle had a cosmetical restoration and is now on loan to Panzermuseum Munster

Page 3: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Walter Schwabe, September 2017

Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper – Private Collection (Germany) - Running Condition

Fahrgestellnumber 150129, built by Büssing-Nag

Photo provided by the owner, November 2011

Ford Maultier – Private Collection (Norway)

This vehicle is currently under restoration. The owner is still looking for some body parts

Page 4: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

“Brian”, July 2009 - http://worldwartwozone.com/forums/index.php?/gallery/image/12344-img-2543jpg/

Ford Maultier – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK) – running condition

http://www.modellbauforen.de/cgibin/ikonboard.cgi?s=eb549d33129087e9bf7304574af704b1;act=ST;f=4;t=15820

Ford Maultier – Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr

Dresden (Germany) – running condition

Page 5: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Walter Schwabe, May 2013

Ford Maultier – Private Collection (Netherlands) – running condition

Walter Schwabe, April 2015

Ford Maultier – Private Collection (Netherlands) – running condition

This vehicle is currently under restoration

Page 6: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

February 2013 - http://www.asphm.com/vehicules/SdKfz_3B_FORD_V3000_Maultier/SdKfz_3B_FORD_V3000_Maultier.php

Ford Maultier – ASPHM Association, La Wantzenau (France) – running condition

Sander Degeling, July 2013

Ford Maultier – Omaha Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer (France)

The Maultier has been discovered in its current condition with its wooden hull 3 kilometers far from Falaise in the 1970s. It has been discovered by a cider producer, named Chapron, in the city Martigny sur l'Ante.It was used to pick up apples (info from Museum)

Page 7: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

April 2018 - http://www.collectionneur.pro/article-restauration-vehicules-39191052.html

Ford Maultier – Private Collection (France)

The vehicle is under restoration. Idler wheel and half of the roadwheels are original, but the sprocket wheel and the tracks are from a Universal carrier

Roland Sorgner, March 2013

Ford Maultier – Militär Museum Sonntagberg, Rosenau (Austria)

This vehicle is currently under restoration

Page 8: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Picture provided by the owner, April 2017

Ford Maultier – Private Collection (Poland)

Unknown source

Ford Maultier – 2nd Panzer Division Association,Chicago, IL (USA) – running condition

The undercarriage of the vehicle is not original. It comes from a Universal Carrier

Page 9: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Picture provided by the owner, January 2018

Ford Maultier – Private Collection, CA (USA)

Walter Schwabe, April 2018

Opel Maultier – Private Collection (Netherlands)

Page 10: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Picture provided by Rolf Tryller, October 2016

Opel Maultier – Private Collection (Germany) – running condition

Fahrgestellnumber on Hilfsrahmen is SS-511

Roland Sorgner, March 2013

Opel Maultier – Militär Museum Sonntagberg, Rosenau (Austria)

This vehicle is currently under restoration

Page 11: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Picture provided by the owner, May 2014

Opel Maultier – Private collection (Poland)

This vehicle is currently under restoration

Bob Graebe, July 2013

Opel Maultier – Bob Graebe Collection (USA) – running condition

Page 12: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Sebastien Ernest, March 2013 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bestarns/8551476193/in/set-72157632907384026

Sdkfz. 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier – André Becker Collection (Belgium)

"181010", April 2008 - http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563129459ogPhBL?start=36

Sdkfz. 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier – Musée des Blindés, Saumur (France)

Page 13: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Yuri Pasholok, September 2016 - www.facebook.com

Sdkfz. 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier – Patriot Park, Kubinka (Russia)

Picture provided by the owner 2015

Sdkfz. 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier – Private collection (Poland)

Page 14: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Vagabond, February 2009 - http://afvagabond.smugmug.com/

Sdkfz. 4/1 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier – Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum

Oshawa, Ontario (Canada) The undercarriage is not original,it is taken from a Universal Carrier? The vehicle was previously displayed at Auburn, IN and was sold

in an auction in 2017

Picture from the owner

Mercedes 4500 Maultier Chassis – Private Collection (Poland)

Page 15: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

Vagabond, February 2009 - http://afvagabond.smugmug.com/

Ford Maultier – Unknown location

The undercarriage of the vehicle is not original. It comes from a Loyd Carrier The vehicle was previously displayed at Auburn, IN and was sold at the December 2012 auction. The current location is unknown

Vagabond, Feb.2009 - http://afvagabond.smugmug.com/

Opel Maultier – Unknown location

The vehicle was previously displayed at Auburn, IN and was sold at the December 2012 auction.The current location is unknown

Page 16: Surviving sWS Maultier - The Shadock's websitethe.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_sWS_Maultier.pdf · Surviving schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper and Ford / Opel Maultier Last update : 7 January

I'm looking for photos of those Maultier :

Ford Maultier – Private Collection (Germany) Opel Maultier – Private Collection (Germany) Any Maultier that I forgot...

This document is a synthesis of photos and information published on the web. I would like to thank the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me, and also those who helped me doing this list (particularly people of the

AFV News Discussion Board). Very special thanks to Sander D. For any question, you can email me at

[email protected]

Main page : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html