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Austria’s all wheel drive Steyr 1500A was one of the many personnel/transport vehicles which was designed to meet Whermacht requirement for standard army 1,5 ton truck. Built in 1941, the Steyr was used as troop transport in all the war theaters. A total of more than 20,000 were built, in a wide range of conversions.
Tamiya presents basic and command versions. Also Steyr 1500A chassis were used for Fire trucks, Omnibus (Leadwarrior kit Lw35026), Ambulance Kfz.31 (Leadwarrior kit Lw35025), universal “Funk-Koffer”, and different types of cargo and personnel carriers with opened, metal or wooden cabins (Leadwarrior kits Lw35024, Lw35027, Lw35029). There were tests of trucks on railway drive (Leadwarrior kit Lw35028).
The later cargo truck variants, based on Steyr 1500A chassis, became the redesigned L.lg.Lkw - (Leadwarrior kits Lw35024, Lw35027) - with full-metal cabin (which was then replaced by wooden one -"Einheitsfahrerhaus").
This conversion kit presents an initial version of L.lg.Lkw (standard light army truck) on Steyr 1500A chassis. The metal rear section of the basic version was replaced by wooden one, to transport cargo load or 10 men. The rear wheels were doubled. The spare wheel often was mounted in front of engine compartnent.
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