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Krupp AG and Friedrich Krupp GmbH) trading as Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century as well as Germany's premier weapons manufacturer during both world wars. It produced battleships , U-boats , tanks , howitzers , guns , utilities, and hundreds of other commodities.
The Krupp Protze (lit. limber , officially L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143 ) was a six-wheeled 6×4 German truck and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941 and heavily used in World War II . It was powered by a 4-cylinder, 55 hp or, from 1936, 60 hp Krupp M 304 petrol engine.
Krupp built ten Ausf. A models on the chassis of its six-wheel "Krupp Protze" truck in 1937. Its 3.5-litre (210 cu in) 4-cylinder air-cooled gasoline flat engine (Krupp M 305) of 65 hp (66 PS), gave it a top speed of 70 km/h (43 mph) and a range of 350 km (220 mi). [1] Like all of the other vehicles that used this chassis, the Ausf.
The Ford FK, short for "Ford Köln," is a series of medium-duty trucks built by Ford of Germany in their Cologne (Köln) plant in two generations from 1951 until 1961. The Ford "Köln" name replaced the earlier Rhein and Ruhr badges as competitor Krupp (Südwerke) had quietly copyrighted them. Ford Germany withdrew from the truck sector after ...
The Reichswehr and its successor, the Wehrmacht began systematically allocating numbers to its vehicles from around 1930, including horse-drawn vehicles, cars and trucks, combat vehicles, and trailers. [2] Sd.Kfz. numbers were assigned to armored, tracked, and half-tracked vehicles.
The plant expanded across from the railway system in nearby Pinneberg. The tamper machine was sold to Krupp in 1922 to concentrate on motors for motorcycles and small trucks. 1927 a bicycle auxiliary motor was developed and, in 1929 two-stroke ILO engines for agriculture tillers and pumps.
Krupp was born in Essen, Germany.His father was Alfred Krupp, who turned the small local ironworks of Krupp into one of the most powerful companies in the world.Raised in the unhealthy atmosphere of the Ruhr, he suffered from asthma and was more interested in natural sciences than business, so his father even considered passing the company to one of his own nephews.
Krupp: Krupp L2H43: light truck-artillery tractor: no: 1934-? Germany Krupp: Krupp L2H143: light truck/artillery tractor: no: 1937-1942: Germany Krupp: Krupp L3H63/L3H63: medium truck: no: 1931-1938: Germany Krupp: Krupp Drache AL8 DR4: heavy truck: no: 1955-? West Germany, United States (branches in West Germany) KZKT: KZKT-7428: tractor-tank ...