Ranger, Alan Krupp Protze Lorry

The L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143 better known by its nick name given to it by the troops that used it "The Krupp-Protze" (Krupp Boxer) was a specialized multi-purpose designed six-wheeled 6x4 (six wheel 4 wheel drive) German light off road truck and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941. It was fitted with the Krupp M-304 flat four engine, a 4-cylinder horizontally opposed petrol engine that originally delivered 55hp but was upgraded to deliver 60hp in 1936, it was this flat engine the allowed the fitting of the slopping engine bonnet that gave rise to the vehicles nick name. The Krupp Boxer saw extensive service on all of the operational fronts were the German army was engaged. This publication covers the Krupp-Protze in great photographical detail focusing on the trucks and their crews as they dealt with the conditions and circumstances they found themselves in, photographs from the author's own collection have been used to illustrate this book that were taken by the average German soldier not official army cameramen who's photos are well known and have been published over and over again already.

It was this flat engine that made it possible to install the bonnet that gave the vehicle its nickname. The Krupp-Protze was used on all fronts where German troops fought. In this publication, the Krupp-Protze is covered in detail photographically, with the focus on the lorry itself and its crews. The majority of the photos have not yet been published and all come from German sources, although most of them are private photos taken by ordinary German soldiers and not by members of the propaganda companies. The author shows the vehicle as the soldier saw and used it in action, namely as his place of work or battle. This book is an invaluable reference for vehicle enthusiasts and modellers.