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. Presented 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 variants
Tamiya presents basic and command versions. The chassis of Steyr 1500A and it’s reinforced variant Steyr 2000A were also used for Fire trucks, Omnibus (Leadwarrior kit Lw35026), universal “Funk-Koffer”, and different types of cargo carriers with opened, metal or wooden cabins (Leadwarrior kits Lw35023, Lw35024, Lw35027).
There were tests of truck on railway drive (Leadwarrior kit Lw35028). Some Steyr 2000A trucks were field-converted into AA Gun carrier (Leadwarrior kit Lw35029).
This kit presents widely used version of Steyr 1500A - an Ambulance truck with full-metal cabin. Along with Phaenomen-Granits 1500A, carrying the same standard “Sanitats-koffer”, it had formed the core of German park of ambulance vehicles of WWII.
Steyr 1500A Kfz.31. Cabin type is different.
Steyr 1500A Kfz.31. Cabin type is different.
Steyr 1500A Kfz.31. front view.
Steyr 1500A Kfz.31. Cabin type is different.
Phaenomen-Granit 1500A Kfz.31.
“Sanitats-koffer” is exactly of the same type as was utilized for Steyr Kfz.31.
Steyr 1500A trucks chassis.
Steyr 1500A trucks chassis.
Steyr 1500A trucks full-metal cabin.
Reinforced rear springs of Steyr 1500A/2000A trucks.
