Borgward B 2000 A / O

Borgward B 2000 A / O
Borgward B 2000 A / O German Tank Museum Munster
Basic information
model	Borgward B 2000 A / O Kübelwagen
Technical specifications
own weight	2470 kg (flatbed 2450 kg)
payload	750 kg in the field
total weight	3500 kg
length	5282 mm
broad	1900 mm
height	2150 mm
wheelbase	3200 mm
Gauge	1550 mm at the front, 1500 mm at the rear
Ground clearance	260 mm
engine	Carburettor engine Borgward 6 M 2.4 A.
Torque	162 Nm (16.5 mkp) at 2400 rpm
power	60 kW (82 hp)
speed	95 km / h
consumption	19 l / 100 km
Fuel supply	90 l
Range	470 km
transmission	4-speed (not synchronized) with additional gear
Tires	9.00-16 extra sts

The Borgward B 2000 A / O (all-wheel drive with petrol engine) is a truck with 0.75 t payload from the original equipment of the Bundeswehr as a vehicle for passenger transport with nine seats or for the transport of loads with a flatbed body and tarpaulin. It was built from 1955 and was used from 1956 until the last vehicles were retired in 1975.

development

With the establishment of the Bundeswehr from 1955, the military requirement for a light all-terrain vehicle for personnel and material transport in the load class 0.75 t to 1.5 t payload was defined. It competed for Opel and Borg Ward with their own designs, which greatly at the appearance of the used during World War II heavy car truck light / Mercedes-Benz L 1500 A or Horch oriented.

Both the Borgward B 2000 A / O and the Opel Blitz A achieved almost the same technical results in the tests. The torsional behavior of the Borgwards was better off-road thanks to a two-part structure. Borgward was awarded the contract because of the cheaper offer.

procurement

Between 1955 and 1961, a total of around 6,400 vehicles were purchased at a unit price of around DM 15,000. Predominantly 9-seater Kübelwagen were produced and only a very small number of flatbed vehicles in the 0.75 t load class, plus a few vehicles in the 1.5 t load class. From 1962 to 1968, Büssing, as the temporary owner of the Borgwardwerke, also produced 168 identical vehicles for the Federal Border Guard.

use

B 2000 A / 0, built in 1960, at the Borgward meeting in Bad Neuenahr 2014

The Kübelwagen was used as a vehicle for the company sergeant troop, fire control group or telecommunications team, as well as the military police force and as a supply vehicle; The vehicle was also used by the airborne troops. In the last few years before retirement, it was mainly used as a driving school vehicle.

When the last vehicles were phased out in 1975, this model did not find a direct successor. With the next generation of vehicles in the Bundeswehr, the second generation, new requirements and concepts were defined. When all -terrain vehicles were required, the tasks of Borgwards B 2000 A / O were taken over by the 1.5 t gl Unimog S 404 truck , later the 2t tmil gl Unimog U 1300 L truck . If cross-country mobility was not required, the VW 5- or 8-seater (VW double cab or bus) and the 2-ton truck with the Daimler Benz L 508 D were used. Retired Borgward B 2000 A / O were often used in disaster control organizations, the German Red Cross , technical relief organizations or the fire brigade .

technology

Borgward B 2000 A / O with scissor top

engine and gears

The B 2000 A / 0 has the four-stroke gasoline engine designed for the Borgward passenger car Hansa 2400, an in-line six-cylinder with a displacement of 2337 cm³ (bore 78 mm, stroke 81.5 mm), compression 6.9, installed above the front axle : 1. Overhead valves are controlled by an underlying camshaft with spur gear drive via push rods and rocker arms. The engine develops 82 hp (60 kW) at 4000 rpm. The maximum torque is 16.5 mkp (162 Nm) at 2400 rpm. The motor has pressure lubrication and water cooling with a pump. The carburetor is a Zenith 32-NDIX off-road carburetor that works reliably even on extreme inclines or inclines. In addition to the Borgward B 2000 A / O, it was used in various NATO vehicles.

The manual transmission from ZF with a center shift lever has four non-synchronized forward gears, one reverse gear and a reduction gear for off-road use. A single-disc dry clutch type K 16 KZ from Fichtel & Sachs sits between the engine and the transmission. This arrangement means that both cardan shafts are of the same length. In road operation, only the rear axle is driven. The front-wheel drive is activated when required. In off-road gear, the through drive is rigid, i.e. without a center differential on the front and rear axles.

Chassis and body

B 2000 A / O with special structure

The car has a riveted ladder frame made of U-profiles, which is considered to be extremely flexible and allows extreme axle articulations. Two rigid axles are guided on semi-elliptical leaf springs. Drum brakes with a diameter of 16 inches on all four wheels are mechanically operated in most B 2000 A / O; only the last vehicles built have a brake booster. There is no power steering or hydraulic clutch support.

The structure is made of sheet steel. It is unusual that in the Kübelwagen it does not form a unit, but rather the driver's cab and space for passengers are separated in order to compensate for any torsion in the chassis. In addition, due to the separation on the same chassis and with the same driver's cab, other superstructures were possible. The passengers sit facing each other on two triple benches installed across the direction of travel. There is space for two more people next to the driver in the driver's cab. The standard version has a canvas hood held in place by tubular steel brackets and button-on plexiglass side windows as weather protection. Vehicles for the Federal Border Police, the police and other departments have what is known as a scissor roof.

Borgward B 2000 A / O in museums

Samples of the vehicle are exhibited in the German Tank Museum in Munster, the Defense Technical Study Collection in Koblenz and in the Car Museum in Melle .

literature

• Jürgen Plate : Bundeswehr vehicles since 1955. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2005.
• Werner Oswald : Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1977.

Web links

Commons : Borgward B 2000  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• www.panzerbaer.de Truck 0.75t gl

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Short: Borgward type customer . Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-7688-2599-3 , pp. 115-117.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Jürgen Plate: Bundeswehr vehicles since 1955. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2005, p. 72 ff.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Werner Oswald: Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1977, p. 355 ff.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Borgward-Lkw.de . Retrieved August 28, 2021.
5. ↑ Klausmartin Friedrich: The hooded vehicles of the post-war period . Retrieved August 28, 2021.
6. ↑ Description of the exhibits at the Automusem in Melle

Timeline of Borgward , Lloyd , Goliath and Hansa models from 1947 to 1963
Type						Foundation of three individual companies (Borgward, Lloyd, Goliath)											Bundling in Borgward Holding														insolvency
		1940s						1950s																				1960s
		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3		4th		5		6th		7th		8th		9		0		1		2		3
Small car																				Lloyd 250
									Lloyd 300					Lloyd 400
																		Lloyd 600 / Lloyd Alexander
Lower middle class																											Lloyd Arabella
																												Borgward Arabella de Luxe
								Goliath GP 700											Goliath GP 900				Goliath GP 1100		Hansa 1100
Middle class							Borgward Hansa 1500					Borgward Hansa 1800					Borgward Isabella
Upper class												Borgward Hansa 2400 Sport
														Borgward Hansa 2400 Pullman												Borgward P 100
Sports car										Goliath GP 700 E.												Borgward Isabella Coupe
Off-road vehicle																			Goliath type 31			Goliath hunting car type 34
																		Borgward B 2000 A / O Kübelwagen													of Bussing built further
Delivery vans / vans	3-wheeled						Goliath GD 750												Goliath Goli
	4-wheeled													Lloyd LT 500					Lloyd LT 600
											Goliath GV 800				Goliath Express
Truck / minibus	1–2 t payload		Borgward B 1000					Borgward B 1250					Borgward B 1500				Borgward B 1500										Borgward B511
																						Borgward B 1500 F.					Borgward B611
	2–3 t payload									Borgward B 2000
																Borgward B 2500											Borgward B 522
																Borgward B 2500 F (chassis for buses)											Borgward B 622
	3–6 t payload				Borgward B 3000				Borgward B 4000																		Borgward B 533
																											Borgward B 544
															Borgward B 4500												Borgward B 555
																											Borgward B655
Offered by Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH under the “Lloyd” brand. Offered by Lloyd Motorenwerke GmbH under the “Borgward” brand. Offered by Carl FW Borgward GmbH under the “Borgward” brand. Offered by Goliath-Werk GmbH under the “Hansa” brand (from 1958). Offered by Goliath-Werk GmbH under the “Goliath” brand.