Neubaufahrzeug (NbFz V) tank under construction in Rheinmetall factory
German heavy multi-turret tank Neubaufahrzeug 3
German heavy multi-turret tank Neubaufahrzeug 2
PzKpfw Neubaufahrzeug tank
Experimental Neubaufahrzeug tanks
Neubaufahrzeug Nbfz in Norway
Experimental tank Neubaufahrzeug and crew
Panzerkampfwagen Neubaufahrzeug front view
Neubaufahrzeug on railway car
Neubaufahrzeug Panzer Abteilung z.b.V.40 in Norway
Neubaufahrzeug tank of Panzer Abteilung z.b.V. 40 in Norway
Neubaufahrzeug Panzer Abteilung z.b.V. 40 Oslo 1940
Neubaufahrzeug tank 1940
Neubaufahrzeug Nbfz tank
German heavy tank Neubaufahrzeug 1940
Neubaufahrzeug side view
Neubaufahrzeug of Panzer Abteilung z.b.V. 40 Norway April 1940
Neubaufahrzeug Multi turreted heavy tank
Neubaufahrzeug tank of Panzer Abteilung z.b.V. 40 Oslo 1940
Neubaufahrzeug tanks Panzer Abteilung z.b.V. 40 Oslo April 1940
Neubaufahrzeug and Renault UE
German heavy tank Neubaufahrzeug
PzKpfw Neubaufahrzeug on road
Neubaufahrzeug tank in factory
Panzerkampfwagen Neubaufahrzeug rear view
Neubaufahrzeug – German experimental multi-turreted heavy tank.
In 1934 Rheinmetall-Borsig built two mild steel prototypes, both with their own turret design. Three more prototypes were built with proper armor and the Krupp turret in 1935/1936.
Tanks were used by the tank training school at Putlos. In 1940 3 prototypes were attached to the Panzer-Abteilung z.b.V. 40. In April 1940 tanks were shipped direct to Oslo in Norway and were used in combat. One tank was destroyed by German engineers when it got stuck in swamps near Åndalsnes.
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Specifications:
crew | 6 |
lenght | 6600 mm |
width | 2190 mm |
height | 2980 mm |
combat weight | 23410 kg |
armor / angle: | hull: 20 mm front; 13 mm sides, rear, top, bottom superstructure: 13 mm front, sides, rear, top turret: 15 mm front; 13 mm sides, rear, top and bottom gun mantlet: 15 mm |
engine: | BMW Va, 250hp, 6 cylinder, water-cooled, gasoline 22920 cm3. |
transmission | 6 forward and 1 reverse |
fuel | 457 l |
max speed | 30 km/h (25 km/h off-road) |
range | 250 km (road) |
ground clearance | 450 mm |
armament | 7,5 cm KwK L/24; 3,7 cm KwK L/45 |
ammunition | 80 rounds 75 mm + 50 rounds 37 mm |
secondary armament | 2 x MG13 (6000 rounds) |
Bibliography:
- Michael Sowodny: German Armored Rarities 1935-1945, Schiffer Military/Aviation History
- Doug Dildy, John White: Denmark and Norway 1940: Hitler’s boldest operation, Osprey Campaign
- George Bradford: World War II AFV Plans: German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles
- Peter Chamberlain, Hilary L. Doyle, Thomas L. Jentz: Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two. A Complete Illustrated Directory of German Battle Tanks, Armoured Cars, Self-propelled Guns, and Semi-tracked Vehicles, 1933–1945