Geschichte(n) aus Stahl, Folge 6: Flüstern in der Nacht - der Luchs

When the Bundeswehr was formed, there were some heated debates about what the future direction of both concepts and materials should look like. One area of ​​dispute was how to clarify how the Bundeswehr would operate on the battlefield in the future, the debate was mainly led of course by old wehrmacht veterans who contributed their experience and then discussed whose future systems should result. and that they were often divided into two groups for linguistic usage in the africans and the russians the africans were the ones who were before anything related to north africa fought and had a great experience there with wheeled vehicles because the gauges of combat were relatively flat there may be a wide visibility of mud gabmann so that he can achieve very good results with wheeled vehicles on the other side there were the so-called Russians they were the vet Eranen who have made their experience especially on the ea

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front in catastrophic areas of rain, mud and snow and, above all, have experienced time and time again that reconnaissance vehicles also They didn't have to fight so reconnaissance usually means just making contact and seeing and listening and also writing, but on the ea

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front it was very important to always be ready to fight because battles were going so fast and so violently.

The advantage of wheeled armored factions or wheeled armored vehicles as such was that these vehicles were basically very fast. they are very quiet which with recognition is of course very important they are relatively easy to drive and easy to understand if you can drive a car you can almost drive a wheeled armored personnel carrier the downside is wheeled armored personnel carriers they are usually very large and complex constructions and which of course are the best in rough terrain have problems that its not a tracked vehicle that hears eats if its really on the road in the mud crater even the best wheeled vehicles will eventually catch up its limits with tracked vehicles, the situation is exactly the opposite, the vehicles would cope with any terrain in any weather and can also carry strong armor and weapons relatively speaking, at least at the same time they have the problem that they are relatively noisy, they require a lot of maintenance, and the data is quite difficult to use for reconnaissance, such as d ihe, both factions had their arguments.

Kainz was really thrown out and the debate was relatively long and very heated back and forth in the first place the russians built the short armored personnel carrier and the m 41 or at least 40 bought used these two vehicles were traced modern vehicles it was said that one is good is the downsides of the noise pay but we accept because we can get these vehicles quickly we can at least something ka get the case and that is the package we are now taking a few years later but then the Africans prevailed was the first real armored vehicle capable of protecting the german armed forces and then the lynx was and the lynx was a device that was very much based on the wehrmacht sdk 234 a lot of quirks have been adopted because this type of reconnaissance was recognized as the best option the history of the look comes relatively slowly in early 1961 the federal office of defense technology and acquisition dec ide that scout tanks are wheeled tanks should be built and these should be adapted to the next generation of Bundeswehr trucks the basic idea is simply that as many spare parts as possible for these wheeled tanks and normal trucks should be interchangeable 1964 a joint office is established for this purpose , that is, several films in West Germany open together the efforts of the Federal Office and s ollen will develop a reconnaissance tank together, the büssing company will be there again, which was the development of the panther at that time, where driving values ​​were so important that they're not there, then bands like to stay out of it. and then you come back after a short time in competition with the project, that is, in competition with the joint project, if you want to develop your own armored car and commission the Porsche company to do it, that means we now have the basic constellation, the joint office against the daimler-benz company, in 1960, the specifications for the reconnaissance tank are written that they are very extensive, however, both offices manage to put prototypes on the track relatively quickly, so 68 already both are relatively the same sometimes you have to look very closely in the photos the fundamental difference between the two vehicles is above all the suspension of the wheels daimler benz sets very classic on a rigid suspension the ko complete axle and the joint office with Mr., which traditionally advocates more complex solutions when it comes to wheel suspension, we rely on independent wheel suspension, which is the main d Difference between the two prototypes 19 69, then both prototypes go through resistance tests or you hear it as today it is incredible what it was then the vehicles were taken to trondheim to test the use of snow and ice and to sardinia, that is to say tested a temperature range of 85 degrees as far as is known, but it lasted so long that both vehicles together after we traveled more than 260,000 kilometers The speedometer was really retested, employees of the companies that came with the troops of the forces also came with us German navies, so a lot of effort was put into testing this vehicle, which also paid off.

That's all after the really very, very finished design. f went into production the decision was made last for daimler-benz and 271 that means when you see this panther the world war 2 panther builds where he competed with a complex color against daimler benz with a simple color and back then he if i had won now daimler benz wins with the simplest vehicle i.e. the wishes and demands of defense technology have changed significantly, however the lynx is still an incredibly complex vehicle that has many quirks and both prototypes have clearly exceeded the order specifications for the production finally go to the linien

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company the rhein company instead of the company that belonged to thyssen at the time gets the order to produce 408 lynx for DM 324 million actually gets the contract for that obtains the contract and gains access to the plans of the vehicle only after the award which is why the project was so secret that the company made a blind bid for this vehicle, that they didn't know exactly what it would be like the effort was huge 250 top suppliers delivered thousands of parts rein

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herself built over 2000 tools to get these vehicles off the assembly line quickly but in general it is from an industry historical point of view the lynx was definitely a success story, both the trial was very successful, although it took a long time, as well as the subsequent serial production and use in the troops and the mobility certainly the least important of the armored scout is actually the armor because the armored scout doesn't get involved in combat if everything is done right the lynx is actually so the sides and back are armored against small arms and fragments which is absolutely sufficient for the front still about 20 millimeters The shelling of the armored bottom is simply that you should be able retreat quickly enough if you are shot briefly.

It has to be able to withstand it, but no more than that, so a direct hit from a tank gun won't survive. this vehicle shouldn't even be its own firepower an erhard 2 0 2 is passably built into the device which is a 20mm machine that the rheinmetall company can do without just like eg how it was assembled dima da war or who dealt with the protection of the object in the air force which is the firepower also exactly how the armor was absolutely sufficient for the time whose key feature is luxury of course its mobility its speed its agility the vehicle is operated by four soldiers a comment under the right gunner the seats in the tower a driver and a reverse driver the highlight of the lux is that it can actually drive in both directions at the same speed The vehicle is propelled at a speed of up to 100 km /h by a multi-fuel engine and can change drivers as soon as you are stationary or driving at a maximum of 6 km/h from front to back you can simply co Drive in the other direction at the same speed, so it's not a restricted operation Exactly the same operation if you don't want to, you can turn the vehicle in an incredibly small space.

The vehicle has a very complex design. All four axles can be steered, at least in first and second gear The 30 km h, but that already greatly reduces the turning radius if only two axles are steered, you have a turning radius of about 19 meters which corresponds to what you have a normal city bus so a huge turning radius zone if you use all four axles only have a turning radius of only 11.5 meters they fit in a normal car turning radius something like that will be natural is mostly used in mountains in narrow mountain passes in the forest and so on even in the city where little finding space is important, but fast reversing is always the order of the day, with the lynx a vehicle has been built that first of all meets all the requirements, but the highlight, what's really unique about this vehicle, is incredible silence, it's very, very quiet, the vehicle is barely audible because the engine and exhaust system are incredibly insulated and soundproof The whole vehicle actually just makes running noises when you drive, of course you can hear the tires on the ground, but nothing else. it actually became a danger, especially during exercises, it became a risk because friends also soldiers just didn't listen to that.

However, the entire drivetrain, engine, gearbox, etc. can be found on a blog using quick couplers, release fasteners and more in less than 40 minutes and then can even be tested and repaired on a working stand right next to the vehicle overall a package the e stands for mobility that has never been has done it again something we saved from the last chapter for this camera setup these little propellers are left and right at the back of the look they go straight into the waters in a few simple steps and actually overcome these waters like a small boat, whether it is standing or flowing, it does not matter if it lost this ability later due to various upgrades, it was no longer technically possible, but even so, along with the other aspects that we are currently discussing have described , the lynx was finally able to carry out a reconnaissance that could be carried out autonomously for days the crew was able to drive the vehicle far from the country up to 800 kilometers d e depth they were able to take care of themselves independently he was protected by abc he was responsible protected he was calm while traveling with him he was able to work autonomous reconnaissance trips can be made the vehicle was in use in the balkans has proven itself there, especially in the regions hilly ones where you didn't know if it would actually work as it should, lynx did everything it was supposed to anyway after being criticized because system costs have gone up nowadays which is completely normal the older it gets a tank system the higher the costs become which have something to do with supplying parts and the like maybe you had new systems on the market and the fennek then inherited the lux that means the lux was thrown out Today and on November 17, 2008, the last live shot with a lynx was ceremonially lifted at shooting range 18 in the training area. hundred troops munster south of your region and this is actually the wall above the shot was taken to celebrate the last shot a bit the plate was painted in au yellow the fighters who used this vehicle can clearly see the shot there the use of the lynx after the federal army ceased to take place some lynx became base tanks which means they are still in the barracks today as displays outside and remember the tradition of reconnaissance officers on their lynx , other pieces have gone to museums like this lux here for example but they didn't sell in huge numbers because this vehicle was a very specific concept that only made sense for a large army the bundeswehr was in the cold war it really made sense for So buyers these days weren't interested in finding more, which means the bobcats, then all the ones that were left, were scrapped, they were cut up in a company called btd. a vehicle like this in metal taking out everything that can be recycled and then the lynx n actually to the song aryanize and scrap it turned out the vehicle was so well made it actually takes longer to dispose of a lynx than abattle tank