Borgward B 3000
Borgward | |
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B 3000 | |
Manufacturer: | Goliath-Werk GmbH, Bremen |
Production period: | 1938-1950 |
Previous model: | Europe IV |
Successor: | B 4000 |
Technical specifications | |
Designs: | Flatbed trucks , box trucks |
Engines: | Diesel or gasoline engine |
Power: | 75 - 78 kW |
Payload: | 3.125 - 3.4 t |
The Borgward B 3000 was a truck of the German Carl FW Borgward GmbH , which was produced from 1941 to 1944 in Bremen-Sebaldsbrück . After the Second World War, further B 3000s were manufactured from July 1948 to 1950. It was also produced as an electric vehicle under the names Borgward BE3000 and Lloyd EL3000 .
Standard truck 3 t
In 1937 Borgward began producing trucks and delivered vehicles with payloads of up to 5 t until the outbreak of war in 1939 , including the 3-ton Borgward G. W. with gasoline or diesel engines.
Most of the trucks were drafted by the Wehrmacht . Initially, production of the previous truck program continued. However, like the other truck manufacturers, Borgward was instructed from 1940 to limit the variety of types and to concentrate on the production of standard trucks with a payload of approx. 3 t and simplified equipment.
The successor model from 1942 onwards was the 3-ton truck with the official name Borgward B 3000 S / O with a 3.7-liter gasoline engine and 78 hp or the Borgward B 3000 S / D with a 5-liter diesel engine and 75 hp, both six-cylinder, off the production line. The all-wheel drive version was also given the designation A. In the course of further savings in material and raw materials, the design of the trucks was increasingly simplified - the Borgward trademark, the diamond on the radiator grille , was omitted and the standard driver's cab made of wood was added instead of the sheet steel cab .
The B 3000 proved itself in use, but the lighter Opel Blitz , a 3-ton truck from the competitor Opel, proved to be superior.
Production numbers
Type | Construction year | payload | number of pieces |
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Borgward L 2000 S, L 2300 | 1937-1942 | 1.5 t | |
Borgward Europa V (standard diesel) | 1938-1940 | 2.5 t | 2400 |
Borgward type 3t gasoline GW | 1938-1941 | 3 t | |
Borgward Type 3t Diesel G. W- | 1938-1941 | 3 t | |
Borgward B 3000 S. | 1942-1944 | 3.125 t | |
Borgward B 3000 A | 1942-1944 | 3.095 t | |
Borgward B 3000 D. | 1948-1950 | 3.4 t | 2900 |
Borgward 5 t | 1938-1939 | 5 t | |
Borgward L 2000 S / L 2300 (bus) | 1937-1942 |
In addition to trucks, Borgward also produced other military vehicles, including above all half-chain tractors , armored personnel carriers and load carriers . A total of around 30,000 3-ton trucks were built - in 1944 also with the use of forced labor - until the plant was destroyed by Allied bombing in October 1944. Plans to restart production in order to produce the Opel “Blitz” there were no longer implemented because Bremen was captured by British troops in April 1945.
literature
- Reinhard Frank: Wehrmacht trucks . Nebel-Verlag, Utting ISBN 3895558591 .
- Peter Kurz : Delivery vans and trucks from Bremen: Commercial vehicles from Borgward, Hanomag and Mercedes since 1945 . Kurz-Verlag 2005, ISBN 3927485462 .
- Werner Oswald : Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1982.
Web links
- Photo taken , March 19, 2012
- Wehrmacht vehicles , March 19, 2012
- Preserved Borgward B 3000 , March 19, 2012
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.borgward.nl/docs-uk/trucks.htm
- ^ Peter Kurz: Delivery vans and trucks from Bremen: Commercial vehicles since 1945 from Borgward, Hanomag and Mercedes . Verlag Peter Kurz, 2005, ISBN 9783927485464 , p. 2007.
Timeline of the Hansa-Lloyd, Hansa , Goliath and Borgward models from 1919 to 1945 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hansa-Lloyd Werke AG and Fahrzeugwerke Borgward & Co. and from 1928 Goliath-Werke Borgward & Co. as two companies |
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Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke Borgward & Tecklenborg oHG from 1936: Hansa-Lloyd and Goliath-Werke AG |
Hansa-Lloyd-Goliath works Carl F. W. Borgward and Carl F. W. Borgward, automobile and engine works with Carl Borgward as sole owner |
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9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Microcar | 3-wheeled | pioneer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Small car | 400 | 500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Middle class | Type p | 1100 / 1700 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1700 sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | 2000/2300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Upper class | Matador | Consul / luxury | senator | 3500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type A 6 | Type A 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Treff-Aß | Trump ace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delivery vans / vans / minibuses | 3-wheeled | Lightning carts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rapid / Standard | F 200 & F 400 |
FW 200 FW 400 |
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4-wheeled | K1 | Express (1929) | L500 | L600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atlas | Atlas | record | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trucks and buses | 1 - 3 t payload | Superior | express | express | L 1400/1 t | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Express (L 1.5) | Columbus | Columbus | L 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bremen I & II (SL 1.5) | III | IV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 - 4 t payload | Europe I & II (SL 2) | III | IV | Europe V | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3t | Type 3t GW | B 3000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 - 5 t payload | Mercury (L III) | II | III | IV | 4.5 - 5 t | 5 t | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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