Rarity photo of an anti-aircraft vehicle with a mounted cannon set 2 cm MG 151/20 Fla SL 151 (Drilling). The exact type of platform is difficult to identify, it could probably be a reconstruction of a captured British artillery tractor Morris CDSW. During the battles for France and Greece, a large number of trucks were seized, which were widely used by the Germans. The Pancier fairing is relatively elaborate and in my opinion it is not just a simple field reconstruction. Given that the vehicle bears the registration mark "Organization Todt" ("OT"), it can be assumed that the military units of this organization obtained material by rebuilding the seized vehicles which were carried out in the plants falling within their scope. This is not an isolated adjustment. Photographs of similarly modified vehicles using an identical platform are known. There are also known photos of reconstructions of two-axle Bedford vehicles of the OX, MW, OY series, whose bodies bear similar features. These vehicles also bore the registration marks "OT" ("Organization Todt"). Sources of the photographs state that the vehicle was photographed after the Battle of Berlin in 1945.
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