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THE KETTENKRAD Sd.Kfz. eg Type HK-101 Friedheim Abel THE KETTENKRAD Sd.Kfz.2 — Type HK-101 Friedhelm Abel SCHIFFER MILITARY HISTORY Phata Sauces: Kablere (BAY bs wibere Archives sla Archives fa Manat 2694/1 Transaued fona he Germ by Davie Jahiston i ay oe Ping a Library Af Congres saber SBS, by Pou Pall Vere Gr 'SUN 3. /90902195 3 riedung 8 (oe ‘We te intersted ja hearing thom authors ith ok es um elated , Berli iner be st published photograph ofthe Ketone in Ae snarl The Kleines Kettenkraftrad (Kettenkrad) Type 101 - Sd.Kfz.2 and other mocoreyele pares Yehicle received the designation olficial use) ol Kettenkealtiad. 0 A prownype — rergnivatle ay the spoked wheel Develo In building che {inst prototypes the NSU Works nsed existing motarcycle pasts such a+ the front fork, headlight, whcels, benélebar: fand instruments, The standard Fork of the NSU 800-en3muchine soon proved to bee ak, however, Wher crossing diiches anid ined mosoncycle, simply broke, dl, reinfoncol version wo suet inted bbc tis, to, proved rather prone to lalare The list 70 kelenhrider were deiivered Une wits in 1940. These small fork, ing Features of the pre Dnducrion series were elark nf mudguard ‘on thereat passenger aves, high placement of the tow hooks, eightspoked ides aid roade wwheds, Tan housing of cst aluminum and the high, angular shape o the rear ait vent housing. The Kevtenkrad was delivered with the dvels weak Liont lotk until ibe endo ihe unavoidable consequence of which was frequent aepains. Later the entice unit ‘has replaced by anew fork with an hydraulic shock absorber. Al sabsequem structural Changes were the result of eifonts 10 save materials and improve salety. “he great affection the oops felt for the Kettenlaad in large par: to its extraord ess, evem in the mest difftenT Righ:: This Keteembead already hs the reinforced frane fork. Irs seein Intern, however, becaiass of the side rmouinied evoling gril, wbiets was Later Tele esas, tor example, capable at climbing stoengils Similar w hose of laiger waciors. The dis Left: Hits Keston Longs the pe praduetion sexes ai registration nteaber, Ll lop the disectur af tae N Nockavsitmy, can advantage of such complexity was that the failure of one component «jammed gear in thereduetividriveforecaiuple, would result in the destruction of quitea largenumber of grata and shafts, This is problem chat the few Kereenkad owners of tada still have to contend with Tis imteresting (0 node that copied pares manufactured (ody oom die best gear steel hold up in the mot extreme situations, sure Inroof that many defects and breakdowns (uring the war years cauld he traced 0 she inadeaquatesupply et aigh-«qustity materials. In the Hast two seats of the wa NSU designers were accupied with wo further ‘variants of the vehicle, One was a fve-sent ‘Kettenkrad powered by att Opel six-cylinier ‘engine, Aboucten provotypes were buslt. The second variant was a wider, radio-conctolted Nehicle whieh cond carry am explosive ge. The vehicle, which dispensed with the font fork, bore dnedesignation "Mitterer Sprengladungsirager Soringer.” Somevlist mote that 30 examples were built Due othe intensive bombing of German indstey only three vehicles ached the from These photos also show Kettenkride ita slope was dn peal esign aul ah iaaereste it ser oF gray valid Navan ab the pre ous mance om secaun: ! the scbele's nays fhe Army, bn the Lanewnlies ng ‘was
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