Re: potpourri

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@hotmail.com>

> IIRC, isn't also serviceable using standard Porsche/VW
> parts/tools?
>
No idea really. I presume it could be equipped with a Porsche or
Volkswagen
engine and perhaps a gear box. Beyond that, commonality must be pretty
slim.

>
> >From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de (K.H.Ranitzsch)
> >Just in case any list member is not aware of it. John was referring
to
the
> >German "Wiesel" tankette (or whatever you want to classify it as). A
nifty
> >little vehicle (like a large Jeep in size) used by the Bundeswehr's
> >Fallschirmjäger. Tracked and with light armor.
> >See:
> >http://www.e-2-127.org/armorid/wiesel.html
> >Designed by Porsche, by the way.

Greetings
Karl Heinz