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The tracked vehicle with the motorcycle front is just a WW2 german 'Kleinen ketten kraftrad' or small tracked tractor, used for towing ammunition carts, small anti-aircraft guns and cable drums for the engineers. The motorcycle steering is not very effective, so it also features track brakes like a tank.
The motorcycle with the tracks is an NSU Kettenkraftrad from WWII.
Interesting that the Germans actually pioneered the first "mini" vehicle in the world at that time - did someone say environmentally-conscious Nazis?
I wouldn't say environmentally conscious seeing how fuel efficient military vehicles are.
There are still a few Kettenkrads running... see:
http://www.kettenkrad.de/belt2001e.htm
Especially when they tend to DESTROY the environment they are in?
The thing in the second picture is a Land-wasser-schlepper, an amphibious APC designed by the Wehrmacht in 1936, briefly considered for Operation Sealion, then abandoned with the invasion of Russia. It could carry 20 troops and could tow a floating trailer that could accomodate a half-track. The only examples built (about seven) were sent to the Ostfront to be used as transport vehicles, and some of these wound up in Britain where they were tested.
Great info... post updated
That dog just melted our hearts :-)
I believe the 2nd vehicle is a Belgian Utility Tractor, captured by the Germans in the 1940 campaign and impressed into service.
More here:
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/bel/Belgium.htm
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