horch 4x4 towing a pak 40

[petercooman]

Was it possible?

Not the standard towing vehicle for a pak40, but was it possible to tow it in times of need? Like when the invasion of normandy begun, and the jerries had to use whatever was at hand.

[fred.]

I'm sure for short distances it would work - there may not have been a lot of space for ammo or all the crew though.

The Pak40 wasn't that big a gun (unlike 17pdr or 88s) so I'm sure a horch would have been sufficient. Allied airborne troops used jeeps to tow all sorts of guns (though sometimes with 2 jeeps to a gun!)

[petercooman]

Well it would be for the battles around and in Caen.

I seem to have misordered my trucks, i was going to order blitz trucks, but wanted the one without the tilt. So i saw the one that statedopel blitz box body, and without thinking it through i ordered that one, wich is the command vehicle with the office box. 

But not all is lost, i will mount them on my hq and FAO stands, wich were originally going to have horch 4x4's. And i jost started thinking if i could use those to tow. Then can always stand in for transoprt trucks for the troops too, as they were used in this manner in the early war IIRC. Besides i like the look of the horch better than the blitz

[Albie Bach]

I don't think there would be many Horch 4x4 around by the time the Pak 40 was being used, certainly not by 1944. They would also struggle unless on a road I would have thought.
I usually use SdKfz 10. Two in a Pendraken pack if I recall correctly.

[petercooman]

Well it is possible, the fortress troops didn't have the newest equipment overall. But as i actually said, i bought them initially to put on hq stands, but i just like them so much i was thinking of getting more and using them as trucks.

I'll think about it 

[Hertsblue]

This is a picture from the Deutches Bundesarchiv. The car appears to be towing a PaK 36. Don't think the PaK 40 was that much bigger and heavier. 

[Albie Bach]

This is a picture from the Deutches Bundesarchiv. The car appears to be towing a PaK 36. Don't think the PaK 40 was that much bigger and heavier.  

Yes, I was quite surprised to find the PaK 40 was over 4 times the weight of the PaK36, and 50% heavier than the PaK38.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

By 44/5 the German transport park was internatioinal. So anything that could tow a gun was used. Having said that the Horch probably wasnt man enough for the job.

PaK 38 used quite a lot of the lighter alloys which weren't avalaible by 41/2 when the PaK 40 went into service.

IanS

[petercooman]

Well, i could always use them to tow my 7.5 field guns, i was planning on ordering them anyway

They would way considerably less so that shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks all of you!