Ford B3000 S, V3000S, V3000A

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	Ford T 098
V 3000 S / B 3000 S / V 3000 A
Manufacturer:	Ford Germany
Production period:	1941-1948
Previous model:	Ford BB
Successor:	Ford Ruhr ; Ford Rhine
	Technical specifications
Engines:	; Petrol engines : 3.3–3.9 liters ; (38–66 kW)
Payload:	3.0 t

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The Ford V 3000 S, B 3000 S and V 3000 A trucks were built by Ford-Werke AG at the Cologne-Niehl plant from 1941 . They were based on the Ford type T 098/099 with V8 petrol engine (displacement 239 cubic inches / 3.9 liters; output 95 hp) presented in 1940 by the Ford parent company in Detroit (USA ). In the USA and Canada, Ford built the Ford Six and Eight series with a lower payload, also available as a panel van version, from 1941 .

Even after Germany declared war on the USA in December 1941, Ford Germany continued production unchanged, but in 1942 the parallel-built Ford 77-81 (" barrel-nose truck ") was discontinued due to a lack of parts from the USA. For use in the Wehrmacht , the trucks were delivered with various superstructures and kits. The basic model was the V 3000 S (standard with 3.9-liter V8, rear-wheel drive ), later supplemented by the V 3000 A ( all-wheel drive ) and the smaller B 3000 S with a 3.3-liter four-cylinder engine and 52 hp.

In the Commonwealth of Canada, Australia and Great Britain (as WOC1 Light Truck) there were even 3-axle 6x4 and 6x6 types with all-wheel drive from Marmon-Herrington , different windshield and z. Some of the headlights integrated into the fenders. This led to the situation that the Ford trucks were used as “loot vehicles” by both the Allies and the Wehrmacht and could also be supplied with suitable spare parts.

Use in the Wehrmacht

The attempt to reduce the variety of types of trucks required by the Wehrmacht and industry led, with the Schell Plan drawn up in 1939, to the decision to standardize truck production in the German Reich from January 1, 1940. The aim was to use standardization and simplification resources more efficiently and to simplify the supply and repair, especially for the troops at the front, by standardizing spare parts. The result was the standard 3-ton truck, to which Ford Germany had to align its own range of types specified by the parent company.

Therefore, the vehicles built in Germany, especially as Ford V 3000 S, were fitted with guns on the loading area, others drove as radio or medical vehicles, e.g. T. with box body. The body and superstructures of the standard trucks were steadily simplified as the scarcity of raw materials increased; so flatter fenders and finally the wooden “standard cabs” were used. The radiator grille was extended upwards. The arched bonnet remained a typical distinguishing feature of the Ford V 3000 S.

The standard trucks from Ford proved to be reliable and able to cope with the war conditions in Western Europe. It was extremely difficult to use in the Eastern campaign . The poorly developed road network and especially the long periods of mud ( Rasputiza ) in spring and autumn were an extreme challenge for all non-all-wheel drive vehicles and their drivers.

Ford V 3000 S of Greater Germany Division moves to a catering distribution center in Russia before

Initially through improvisation by the troops - in the winter of 1941/42 a unit of the Waffen SS had temporarily placed a three-ton Ford truck on the Carden-Lloyd chain drive of a captured British Universal Carrier (BUC) - it was based on the Ford V 3000 S. also the Ford V 3000 S / SSM “Maultier” crawler truck ( Sd.Kfz. 3b).

A Ford V 3000 S vehicle is exhibited in the PS store ( Einbeck ).

post war period

Despite the war-related restrictions, the German Ford factories managed to restart production at the Cologne plant on May 8, 1945. In 1948 the Ford Rhein (with V8 engine) and the Ford Ruhr (with four-cylinder engine) replaced the model series. Production in the USA, Canada and Australia was discontinued shortly after the end of the war in Germany, the smaller Ford Six and Eight series continued until 1947 and was replaced by the Ford F series .

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Ford V 3000 S in Italy 1943

literature

Reinhard Frank: Waffen-Arsenal, Volume 123: Ford in the war . Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1990, ISBN 3-7909-0394-9 .
Werner Oswald : Motor vehicles and tanks of the Reichswehr, Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr , Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1982
Bart Vanderveen: "Historic Military Vehicles Directory", "After the Battle" publication (1989)

Web links

[2] and [3] Photos and technical data, March 17, 2012
[4] Wehrmacht motor vehicle, March 17, 2012

Individual evidence

↑ on the move see [1] July 11, 2017

[1] the move see [1] July 11, 2017