Description
Hanomag ss100/V-2/Meillerwagen
The Wehrmacht heavy tractor multi-purpose vehicle Hanomag SS-100 was produced from 1936 to 1945.Originally manufactured in 1936 as the SP-100 heavy agriculture tractor, it was quickly pressed into military service with both the Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe, and became one of the most widely used heavy tractors in German military service.
Designed by the German Army Research Center Peenemünde during World War II, the Meillerwagen was a trailer used to transport V-2 rockets to the launching point in order to erect the missile onto the firing stand, and to act as a service gantry for fuelling the rocket with hydrogen peroxide from a 126 liter tank. The hydraulic erecting frame suspended the rocket vertically as the rocket stand was raised up until the rocket could be clamped into a collar, after which the Meillerwagen was uncoupled for fuelling the rocket with A, B, P, and T-stoff before withdrawing for launch. See a great build video from Andy's Hobby HQ below: