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◊ 2011-09-21 03:01 |
Maybe the same 1939 Buick seen elsewhere? is there a shot which shows the rear end of the sidemounted spare wheel? This would prove whether it is a Special or Century. |
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◊ 2011-09-21 14:12 |
Unfortunately, it´s the only footage of this vehicle. |
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◊ 2011-09-21 14:20 |
Would the Nazis use a American Buick as a staff car? Is that not the Nazi eagle on that little flag? -- Last edit: 2011-09-21 14:21:28 |
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◊ 2011-09-21 14:23 |
It is, but maybe it is a confiscated vehicle. As far as I know, they took private cars for the military. |
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◊ 2011-09-21 14:43 |
Or captured? |
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◊ 2011-09-21 16:12 |
I don't know, I just have this idea that the Nazis might have considered it sacrilege to use a vehicle built by an Allied nation, and vice-versa. |
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◊ 2011-09-21 16:23 |
Nothing wrong about that at all. The Germans (I don't call the Nazis because not all of them were) captured and used a lot of British and American equipment during the war in North Africa, and they even had their own designation for captured T-34s (pz.kpfw.747) from the eastern front. Many Jeeps were captured by the Germans during the war, as much as Kübelwagens were captured by allies during the war. I've even heard that quite a few allied officers preferred being driven around in captured Kübelwagens rather than Jeeps due to them being more spacious and comfortable terrain vehicles. Same with hand guns, really. Captured units were sometimes favoured to the ones of their own side. |
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◊ 2011-09-22 13:49 |
Yes Germans captured / confiscated a lot of big American cars from Belgium , France and Holland in 1940 . They were very popular as staff cars , comfortable and reliable. Germans made official use of captured vehicles as their auto industry could never keep pace with ww2 military demands, even with captured auto factories supplying. Hence also German use of horse transport throughout the war. -- Last edit: 2011-09-22 13:57:36 |
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◊ 2011-09-22 13:53 |
IIRC, They even have exchange rate for 2 Jeeps for a Kubelwagen. |
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◊ 2011-09-24 20:23 |
That's interesting, I didn't know each side often used captured vehicles and weapons. |
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◊ 2012-02-28 12:12 |
This page shows photos of vehicles captured by the Wehrmacht, and along many other Buicks, I found this 1939 Buick: Link to "www.kfzderwehrmacht.de" -- Last edit: 2012-02-28 12:12:40 |
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◊ 2016-09-05 17:34 |
I think it is pretty obvious it is a Buick, however, I'm not sure on '39. |
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