>Here we are:
>
>Many people know the VOLKSWAGEN K=FCbelwagen (type 82) and the Schwimm-
>wagen (type 166), but there were other MVs from Volkswagen:
>
>There were two types of VOLKSWAGEN "Beetles" used by the Wehrmacht:
>Type 87 and type 82E. Both have the body of the Beetle (with split
>rear window, which was used until 1953) and the chassis of the=20
>K=FCbelwagen.=20
And do not forget Type 126 (large Schwimmwagen) (150 produced)
>
>Type 87 has the four-wheel-drive from the Schwimmwagen and is only
>produced 564 times. Most of them were in use in Africa.
>
>Type 82E has only two-wheel-drive. It has the normal K=FCbelwagen=20
>chassis.=20
The K=FCbelwagen and the K=E4fer share the same chassis / platform; its only
the front and rear axles which are different, to increase the ground
clearance.
>The production of the type 82E was continued after the end of WW2
>until 1946 as type 51.
Just to be horribly pedantic, type 82E was never an official VW or Porsche
denomination for what should be refered to as type 92; it seems to have
been used exclusively by the Wehrmacht.,=20
>The roller at the front, which Dave Fillman mentioned, was only used
>at the "Kommandeurswagen", from which only a handful were built.
Not really, it was only used on the type 287 prototypes, which were
produced for the French Army.after the end of the war.
Cheers,
Ron the Frog, in Darkest Paraguay.
Listmaster of the World War II Wolkswagen List
-- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati -- =09
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