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Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier (AWC) aka Waffenträger Wiesel
« on: April 19, 2024, 04:41:23 AM »
About time to add this vehicle family to the "Ideas and Inspriations" forum. 

First off, here is the link to the Wikipedia page on the Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier

What spurred this new entry?  Well, I was watching a video at YouTube about the Wiesel and was surprised to see a rather unusual Wiesel that was fitted with what looked like a Cadilllac-Gage machine gun turret that looked a bit out of place on this vehicle that in most cases is armed with either a 20mm cannon or the TOW ATGM system.  Attached image is a screen capture from that video. 

The video can be viewed at this link: YouTube > Weapon Detective Channel > Wiesel | They ask me why I'm bringing a baby into battle

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Re: Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier (AWC) aka Waffenträger Wiesel
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2024, 01:46:24 AM »
Love to see a bunch of Ukrainian Wiesels/Wiesel 2s of all varieties.

Some musings here too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iMrWHIII2U

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Re: Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier (AWC) aka Waffenträger Wiesel
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2024, 12:47:07 AM »
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Re: Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier (AWC) aka Waffenträger Wiesel
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2024, 07:15:41 AM »
obviously considering at least one track being blown off  ;)
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Re: Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier (AWC) aka Waffenträger Wiesel
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2024, 08:14:08 AM »
Quote from: raafif on November 16, 2024, 07:15:41 AM
obviously considering at least one track being blown off  ;)

More likely concerned about throwing a track in a turn.

Long thin tracks get thrown very easily.

Much bigger vehicle than the Wiesel*, so longer track length on the ground to reduce ground pressure, which can lead to thrown tracks, therefore break up the tracks into shorter lengths to reduce the risk.




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Re: Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier (AWC) aka Waffenträger Wiesel
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2024, 05:56:01 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 20, 2024, 01:46:24 AM
Love to see a bunch of Ukrainian Wiesels/Wiesel 2s of all varieties.

Some musings here too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iMrWHIII2U

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iMrWHIII2U" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iMrWHIII2U</a>

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