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The restoration of this rare German heavy munitions carrier has been a labour of love for the team at the museum in Tomaszow Mazowiecki. Still we receive queries from visitors who confuse the shape of this vehicle with the far more "common" SdKfz 251 half track, a vehicle considerably smaller than the monster shown above.
This collage of photos is just a sample of many we've received of the progress of the restoration (which is now complete).
What cannot be easily shown is the remarkable state that the vehicle was in when initially recovered. Even though it had been buried in the dark mud of the Pilica river for so many years the surviving metalwork was surprisingly strong.
This semi-track would have been fitted with the later HL85TUKRM engine rather than the Maybach overhead valve engine found on the earlier SdKfz 8.
Although this was known as the DB (Daimler Benz) variant we believe that some production was carried out by Krauss-Maffei.
Below is a rear 3/4 view of another DB10 (this one having been abandoned in May 1945. It was towing an 88mm flak gun at the time. Next to it is a similar view of the Museums restored DB10. A stunning testament to the patient work of the Polish team.
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