With the start of the World War the Second, almost all VOMAG 8LRs, like other trucks, were requisitioned for the needs of the army. And if in the first months of the Blitzkrieg, when hostilities took place in Western Europe, they easily performed their tasks, since they moved cars only on beautifully covered roads, then with the start of the Eastern campaign, and especially after the attack on the USSR, their further fate proved to be fatal.
The complex engineering solutions laid down in the design of the suspension of the "king of the highways" were insignificant in the conditions of the Soviet off-road and the complete absence of normal road coverage. VOMAG 8LR one after another began to fail and was constantly in a state of repair, and already in 1942 their use was very limited under the conditions of conducting the Eastern Campaign of the Wehrmacht. Attempts to rebuild a truck on a technical support vehicle were few and not very successful. The latest known fact of the use of VOMAG 8LR in the territory of the USSR troops and the Verkhama is dated 1943, after which these giants, like ancient prehistoric animals, disappeared forever, remaining only in small photographs of the prewar years and the first years of the war.
Plastic Model
Kit Scale 1/72 Roden 738
Vomag 8 LR Lkw WWII German Heavy Truck
Vomag Truck
Thecompletekitincludes:
Plastic model 1/72 Vomag 8 LR Lkw (Roden No.738)
Length, mm: 138
This set includes:
6 sprues with parts 1 frame of transparent plastic decal (sticker) scheme for painting model detailed instruction
Glue and paints are not included
The model kits do not contain paints, glue and tools for assemble