Super Baby Sturmfest 175

    Hello,

    both variants are known, but it is true that the marking on the back is rather rare. As far as I know, there is no reason for this, it is simply negligence during manufacture that the correct alignment was not observed at the assembly press.

    Hello Sirko,


    with this:


    As far as I know, there is no reason for this, it is simply negligence during manufacture that the correct alignment on the assembly press was not observed.


    has nothing to do with it.

    Before the war, as well as afterwards, it was because the tank was placed the wrong way round during group assembly. One worker attached the air pipes to the chimney and another attached the air pipes to the tank. A special machine was then used to press the air pipes into the chimney and then onto the tank.

    As the workers worked on a piecework basis, such mistakes were quite common.

    I have just watched the whole assembly of the air pipes on film and this mistake could only happen during the final assembly.


    Greetings

    Jörg

    Hi Ken,


    I'm sorry, but there is no way to share this film.

    I received it many years ago from a member of the Nier

    family with the understanding that it would not be shared.


    Regards

    Joerg

    The FH 175/176 STK also has a similar rotation of the upper part. Sometimes you have the German word "Sturmkappe" on the front, then again the embossed French and Italian text. With the more common 176, I had the feeling that the front was split 50:50.

    I only picked out the examples that were "the right way around".


    Micha.

    >> No brain - no headache! <<

    I don't see any contradiction. I am sure the manufacturer had a preferred direction ... (when he had samples for exhibitions), but the production staff saw it more flexibly...


    In my own collection, the ratio is .... lets see...^^ ...50:50