W-15T(f) LEICHTER RADSCHLEPPER "LAFFLY" (4/6 räd) - 1944

Description

The Laffly V15T was a French light 4WD artillery tractor used during World War II. It was used to tow the 25 mm SA anti-tank guns. A personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle based on the same chassis was designated as V15R. The Laffly company itself only manufactured the first batch of 100 V15s, the rest of the production being taken over by La Licorne company. Following the German victory of June 1940, many captured vehicles were re-used by the German army and equipped with armor plates to make them into "Gepanzer" armored vehicles. At least one of these vehicles was photographed at the Place de la Concorde in Paris during the uprising of the city in August of 1944. (Scale : 1/72e)