German Military Trucks Vol. 1 CSM 1010
Motorization of the Imperial German Army began in 1899 when the first truck and the first passenger car with an internal combustion engine were tested for their military usability. The development picked up speed from 1908 when the first comparative trial runs were held to find suitable subsidy truck models for the role of Armeelastzug (a truck-trailer combination). After war had broken out, the solo truck took over this role of supplying the Kaiser’s troops on all frontlines.
This publication tells, for the first time ever, the story of how the Lastkraftwagen (cargo truck) became the backbone of German military supply operations in World War One.
Volume One, continued in Volume Two.
Motorization of the Imperial German Army began in 1899 when the first truck and the first passenger car with an internal combustion engine were tested for their military usability. The development picked up speed from 1908 when the first comparative trial runs were held to find suitable subsidy truck models for the role of Armeelastzug (a truck-trailer combination). After war had broken out, the solo truck took over this role of supplying the Kaiser’s troops on all frontlines.
This publication tells, for the first time ever, the story of how the Lastkraftwagen (cargo truck) became the backbone of German military supply operations in World War One.
Volume One, continued in Volume Two.
Motorization of the Imperial German Army began in 1899 when the first truck and the first passenger car with an internal combustion engine were tested for their military usability. The development picked up speed from 1908 when the first comparative trial runs were held to find suitable subsidy truck models for the role of Armeelastzug (a truck-trailer combination). After war had broken out, the solo truck took over this role of supplying the Kaiser’s troops on all frontlines.
This publication tells, for the first time ever, the story of how the Lastkraftwagen (cargo truck) became the backbone of German military supply operations in World War One.
Volume One, continued in Volume Two.