VW Type 87
| Volkswagen | |
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 VW Commander Car Type 87
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| Type 87 | |
| Sales designation: | Commander's car |
| Production period: | 1941-1944 |
| Class : | Off-road vehicle |
| Body versions : | limousine |
| Engines: |
Otto engine : 1.1 liters (18 kW) |
| Length: | 3830 mm |
| Width: | 1620 mm |
| Height: | 1720 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2400 mm |
| Empty weight : | |
| Previous model | none |
| successor | none |
The VW Type 87 , also known as the commander 's car, is a version of the KdF car with all-wheel drive that was built by the Volkswagen factory from 1941 to 1944, primarily for the Wehrmacht. The Wehrmacht designated the vehicle as le. gl. car, 4-seater, 4-wheel drive off-road vehicle type 87 . The all-wheel drive and engine were taken over from the type 166 floating car . A total of 564 vehicles were built. In November 1946, the Volkswagen factory built two more commander's cars from remaining stocks.
Vehicle description and technology
The Type 87 is an all-terrain two-door sedan. It is very similar to the KdF car, from which the body was largely taken over. Since the Type 87 has off-road tires of size 5.25-16, the fenders are wider than on the KdF car. For this purpose, a metal strip was attached to the inside of the fender; the running boards are also correspondingly wider. In addition to the tank, a 20-liter petrol can is located under the front hood, where the spare wheel is normally located. The spare wheel lies above the 40-liter tank, the filler neck of which has been angled for this purpose. The body is bolted to the chassis. Almost all of the cars had a folding sunroof.
The commander's car has a floor assembly that is very similar to the KdF car, but with a larger central tube to accommodate the drive shaft for the front-wheel drive. The front wheels are individually on two longitudinal control arms up and down with torsion springs hung up (so-called crank arm axle ), the rear axle is to trailing arms guided portal - oscillating axle with back gears outside of the semi-axes. The front axle has special steering knuckles to accommodate the drive shafts. It is steered with a screw spindle steering . The rear differential is self-locking . The drive power is transmitted from the engine via a single-disc dry clutch to a manually shifted four-speed gearbox, which is extended by an off-road gear. The off-road gear is engaged together with the front-wheel drive via a second shift lever in the middle of the car. With the front-wheel drive switched on, the maximum speed is 10 km / h and the climbing ability is 75 percent. All-wheel drive is not suitable for use on the road because there is no center differential. The engine is an air-cooled four-cylinder four-stroke boxer gasoline engine with a displacement of 1131 cm 3 and a nominal output of 24.5 hp (18 kW) installed in the rear . The maximum speed is 80 km / h.
Most of the wagons delivered to the German Africa Corps had a tropical equipment with special protection against dust on the fuel supply, air filter and electrical system. In addition, the tropical equipment also includes special balloon tires in size 200-16 for driving through sand, which are named Kronprinzenräder after the manufacturer .
Technical specifications
| engine | |
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| Engine type | Four-cylinder boxer engine (Otto) |
| cooling | Air cooling by fan |
| Valve control |
hanging valves, two per cylinder, operated by a central camshaft
via push rods and rocker arms |
| Mixture preparation | Downdraft carburetor Solex 26 VF3 |
| Firing order | 1-4-3-2 |
| Bore × stroke | 75 mm × 64 mm |
| Displacement | 1131 cm 3 |
| rated capacity | 24.5 hp (18 kW) at 3000 min -1 |
| maximum torque | 6.8 kg · m (67 N · m) at 2000 min -1 |
| Power transmission | |
| coupling | Single-disc dry clutch Fichtel & Sachs K10 |
| transmission | Porsche four-speed gearbox with reverse gear and selectable off-road gear |
| Power transmission | Rear-wheel drive with switchable front-wheel drive and limited slip differentials |
| landing gear | |
| Front suspension | Crank arm axle , torsion bar springs |
| Rear suspension | Portal - swing axle , trailing arm , torsion bar springs |
| steering | Spindle steering |
| Braking system | Cable operated internal shoe brakes acting on all wheels; Handbrake works on all wheels |
| tires | front and back 5.25-16 or 200-16 |
| mass and weight | |
| Dimensions (L × W × H) | 3830 × 1620 × 1720 mm |
| Ground clearance | 255 mm |
| wheelbase | 2400 mm |
| Gauge | front: 1356 mm rear: 1360 mm |
| Turning circle | 10 m |
| Maximum permissible vehicle mass | 1240 kg |
| Maximum payload | 450 kg |
| Other Information | |
| Fuel consumption | 8.5 l / 100 km |
| Oil consumption | 0.12 l / 100 km |
| Tank capacity | 40 l + 20 l reserve canister |
| Top speed | 80 km / h |
| Vehicle battery | Lead acid accumulator 6 V, 75 Ah |
| Starter | Bosch EED 0.4 / 6 |
| alternator | Bosch REDK 130/6/2600 |
literature
- Hans-Georg Mayer: The VW Beetle in the war and in military use afterwards. Volume 114 from the series Waffen-Arsenal , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Dorheim 1988, ISBN 3-7909-0357-4 . Pp. 30-34
- Werner Oswald : Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1970, pp. 78, 82
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.whq-forum.de/cms/361.0.html
- ↑ Note 5.25 "= 133 mm nominal width.
