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They look like an up-armored version of a WWI German Ehrhardt Armoured Car. In Berlin in 1945 they were down to their last line of defense as the Russians moved forward with a vengeance. They may have brought this vehicle out of a museum and made some quick changes to cover weak spots like the wheels.
I seem to recall that the two armored cars were made in Sweden, but captured somewhere in the east, Ukraine, Russia or ?
They were parked at the Chancellery to spirit Hitler thru the streets of Berlin...in case he decided to leave the bunker, which was located under the Chancellery garden.
A few days before he committed suicide, Hanna Reitsch, Germany's chief test pilot, flew into Berlin in a tiny Fieseler Storch airplane, landed in the Tiergarten, then made her way to the bunker...told Hitler she could fly him out, but he turned her down.
Then there is the 1918 Nash Quad. Note that it has 4WD and 4 wheel steer. These guys look like they are having fun on the vehicle's first drive in many years.
Havi,
Sounds like you're pretty deeply into it with your interest in that book. I gave myself the Hammacher Schlemmer 24 DVD set on WWII for Christmas, and would recommend it, especially to anyone with an interest in film of the period. I started out in 16mm documentary and really appreciated the remastering job they did, without removing the original artifacts. I did a lot of time in the National Archives and always wanted to check out the 'never-before-seen' footage I used to find by accident in dusty cans there. Really enjoyed the war-effort original propaganda and training films, and the combat footage is the real deal, same with the concentration camps. But you've got better things to do than watch 'The Hunt for U479' ... I thought it was really questionable that they should include that, so, one caveat (but a big one, it goes on for three DVDs). Anyway, the set also comes with two CDs of images styled as 'War and Conflict'. My heart went out to those combat photographers, most of whom were KIA ... to me, just as much heroes as the guys who got the medals.
Havi,
Sounds like you're pretty deeply into it with your interest in that book. I gave myself the Hammacher Schlemmer 24 DVD set on WWII for Christmas, and would recommend it, especially to anyone with an interest in film of the period. I started out in 16mm documentary and really appreciated the remastering job they did, without removing the original artifacts. I did a lot of time in the National Archives and always wanted to check out the 'never-before-seen' footage I used to find by accident in dusty cans there. Really enjoyed the war-effort original propaganda and training films, and the combat footage is the real deal, same with the concentration camps. But you've got better things to do than watch 'The Hunt for U479' ... I thought it was really questionable that they should include that, so, one caveat (but a big one, it goes on for three DVDs). Anyway, the set also comes with two CDs of images styled as 'War and Conflict'. My heart went out to those combat photographers, most of whom were KIA ... to me, just as much heroes as the guys who got the medals.
