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Miniatures Adventure => Interwar => Topic started by: Arteis on 16 September 2012, 09:12:33 AM

Title: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: Arteis on 16 September 2012, 09:12:33 AM

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/magirus-mm-3-1928.jpg)

(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/man-1926.jpg)

These would be terrific units in an interwar game, if any miniature company ever made anything like them.   Or even in a Very British Civil War game, as a German polizei unit brought over to help their British police colleagues.

More info here: http://arteis.wordpress.com/2012/09/16/odd-interwar-german-polizei-vehicles/

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 16 September 2012, 09:16:38 AM

Bet they can't turn on a sixpence  lol

cheers

James

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: joroas on 16 September 2012, 09:21:54 AM

Just the thing for a jolly police officers' away day.....

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: carlos marighela on 16 September 2012, 09:49:12 AM

Indeed. Everyone loves a day trip to the seaside in a charabanc. I can just see them rolling up their trousers, knotting their handkerchiefs and dining on winkles. Tuppeny ice anyone?

The head of Berlin's Homicide squad in the Weimar period was an imposing fellow who weighed in at around 20 stone. He had a specially sprung 6 wheeler sedan which had a mini crime lab set up in the boot.

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: carlos marighela on 16 September 2012, 09:53:56 AM

Just recalled his name, it was Ernst Gennat. Would love to see what the car looked like. Weimar Berlin has always struck me as such a wonderfully exotic location.

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: Arteis on 16 September 2012, 11:29:33 AM

I haven't found a picture of Gennat's 'mordauto' in any of my books.  It was a Daimler Benz, according to my Google-foo.

Gennat was a pretty scary looking guy! http://www.maerkischeallgemeine.de/cms/beitrag/10507202/2706882/Kriminalrat-war-spezialisiert-auf-Mord-Gennat-Ernst-Suedwestkirchhof.html



 

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: aggro84 on 16 September 2012, 05:04:32 PM

Those are wonderful photos. Thank you for sharing them!

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: Arteis on 18 September 2012, 05:47:56 AM

I've posted some more pics of German polizei oldtimers on my blog:
http://arteis.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/more-german-polizei-oldtimers-from-the-interwar-years/

This is one of my favourite pics:
(http://arteis.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/motorcycle.jpg)

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: carlos marighela on 18 September 2012, 08:55:11 AM

No Jürgen, you made the brmm brmm sound the last time, this time it's Wolfie's turn. You can make the siren sound if you like.

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: Mancha on 18 September 2012, 03:42:47 PM

Oh man, and I thought Texas was a police state!    :o

Title: Re: Odd interwar German polizei vehicles
Post by: traveller on 13 October 2012, 09:54:37 AM

Inspiring photos! If just anyone would produce some German police miniatures.... :'(