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New Bundeswehr crane/recovery truck
HermannB
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Bayern, Germany
Joined: October 14, 2008
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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 01:49 PM UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brStayTKz3s&feature=youtu.be

A very versatile machine.
henkp
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Overijssel, Netherlands
Joined: September 30, 2005
KitMaker: 1,080 posts
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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 03:14 PM UTC
wow what a great vehicle love it
Frenchy
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Rhone, France
Joined: December 02, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 03:50 PM UTC
German engineering at its best !

H.P.
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Massachusetts, United States
Joined: April 07, 2008
KitMaker: 803 posts
Armorama: 564 posts
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 04:04 PM UTC
As a heavy equipment operator for the US Army National Guard, and having seen what the US has to offer in the way of wreckers........ all I can say is..... ya gotta love German engineering!!! they thought of EVERYTHING with this vehicle.
vettejack
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Florida, United States
Joined: November 23, 2012
KitMaker: 1,277 posts
Armorama: 1,254 posts
Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 04:58 PM UTC
Outstanding and versatile vehicle...could be the one that fulfills multiple roles while eliminating cumbersome, single use type, vehicles from a recovery team's inventory. Big bang for the buck as a 'one size fits all' workhorse!
chnoone
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Armed Forces Europe, United States
Joined: January 01, 2009
KitMaker: 1,036 posts
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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 07:30 PM UTC
Very nice !
Looks like some people in the German Army got things perfectly right this time.
Taking things a logical step forward by combining more related tasks into one rather than distributing them individually over a whole "Family"of vehicles.
Let's see which army will follow this path next ....
And it looks very good as well !
A shame we won't see this in 1/35 !

Cheers
Christopher
armouredcharmer
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: June 09, 2009
KitMaker: 670 posts
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Posted: Friday, March 25, 2016 - 01:02 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Very nice !
Looks like some people in the German Army got things perfectly right this time.
Taking things a logical step forward by combining more related tasks into one rather than distributing them individually over a whole "Family"of vehicles.
Let's see which army will follow this path next ....
And it looks very good as well !
A shame we won't see this in 1/35

Cheers
Christopher



Mate - If the German Army are using it, Revell are BOUND to kit it !.
brian638
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: July 24, 2004
KitMaker: 318 posts
Armorama: 263 posts
Posted: Friday, March 25, 2016 - 01:45 PM UTC

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Mate - If the German Army are using it, Revell are BOUND to kit it !.



I do hope so, this would make an interesting model I would think that it would lend itself to some rather spectacular dioramas too.
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Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Joined: March 27, 2008
KitMaker: 546 posts
Armorama: 541 posts
Posted: Monday, March 28, 2016 - 04:25 PM UTC

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As a heavy equipment operator for the US Army National Guard, and having seen what the US has to offer in the way of wreckers........ all I can say is..... ya gotta love German engineering!!! they thought of EVERYTHING with this vehicle.



Except driving under NVG - those bright LED bars would prevent NVG use as they are.
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