Kubelwagen

Book excerpt: Kubelwagen are rather unknown vehicle types and often it is thought that it only was the VW Kübelwagen. The Kübelwagen belong to the cross-country vehicle category. The name doesn't sound particularly attractive, but it is the correct name that fits it. The name Kübelwagen or Kübelsitzwagen can be traced back to the beginning of the development of off-road military cars. In order to achieve the lowest possible weight, the doors were omitted on some models. They were replaced by tarpaulins or were omitted entirely. So that the occupants did not fall out of the vehicle while driving, bucket seats were installed to give the driver and front passenger a better seating. These seats were colloquially known as Kübel because of their tub-like shape and the vehicles in which they were installed as Kübelsitzwagen or briefly as Kübelwagen. In the course of time, this name became a synonym for all vehicles of this type, regardless of whether they still had bucket seats or not. Among other things, the VW type 82 is associated with the designation Kübelwagen, but it is much older and not manufacturer-specific as this book is going to show. Book contains rare picture of these cars Adler 6 Reichswehr armored car Kraftfahrzeug 13 Adler 10N Adler 12N-RW kübelwagen Adler 12N-3G Adler Favorit reichswehr kübelwagen Adler Type 3 Gd Kübelwagen BMW 309 - Kübelwagen BMW-315 Kübelwagen BMW 325 DKW Sonderklasse 1001 Kübelwagen Horch 830 R Horch 901 mittlerer Einheits-PKW Mercedes Benz 290 reichswehr kübel Mercedes Benz kübel 260 Mercedes Benz 170V Mercedes Benz 170VK Mercedes Benz 170VL Mercedes Benz 320WK Mercedes Benz 340 Wehrmacht kübel lang Mercedes Benz G5 Opel P4 Opel Super 6 Opel Admiral Kübelwagen Skoda Superb 3000 Steyr Type 55 Steyr Type 250 Steyr 1500 Stoewer M12 Stoewer Type 40 Tatra 57K Tempo G1200 Trippel SG6/38 Trippel SG6/41 Wanderer W11 2.5L Wanderer W11 3.0L Wanderer W23S VW Type 62 Type 82 Kübelwagen VW Type 128 Schwimmwagen VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen