MALAXA TIP UE CARRIER

Absolutely correct Sid, the number on the first carrier is wehrmacht. Germans used captured Renault UE carriers on the eastern front.



The Romanian Malaxa UE was identical with the French Renault UE.

I do not think that there are any differences at all from the Renault as the UE Malaxa UE was built under under licence so I guess there used the same drawings

Mark

The Romanian used the Malaxa UE’s as artillery tractors for the Army’s new 47mm Schneider anti-tank guns
I have recently found a photo of some UE,s towing what I think are these guns does anyone have a photo to compare? In fact they are same guns as in Cantacuzino earlier photo. The nearest vehicle in my photo has the number 118 on the front.

This post has been edited by malkara on August 13, 2006 11:06 am

Malkara, please post your photo here, so we all can see what type of cannon is towed by the Malaxa UE tractor.

Gen. Dénes

I would also like to see that picture; most of the pictures I have seen show the Malaxa carrier towing the French Puteaux AT gun.

Sorry I cannot post photos for some reason. But as I said they are certainly the same guns as in Cantacuzino earlier posted photo in this topic. Are these 47mm Schneider anti-tank guns?

The one in the picture posted by Cantacuzino is a French 1937 Puteaux 25mm gun.

You can see all the Romanian AT guns here: http://www.worldwar2.ro/arme/?section=18 .

My photo also shows a rear view it not that clear but like in the Cantacuzino photo. If the photo was from the front I would have recognized it as a Puteaux 25mm gun. But thank you for the postive id.

from Militaria 191 Barbarossa 1941 vol.I

source ebay

source Freiburg Staatsarchiv via Cantacuzino

source ebay
pics 2-3 are already posted in armata romana forum


This post has been edited by nox on July 22, 2008 08:22 am

Sources please.

UE Malaxa chenillette at military parade. Source D.M. coll.

Cantacuzino, do you know when was the photo taken (before September 1940)?

In the left of the picture, attending the parade, there are a couple of individuals apparently wearing "cavalerii Ordinului Mihai Viteazul" (the knights of "Mihai Viteazul" order) white outfit - which was very fashionable during Carol II reign.

Thank you!

Why are you sure it's before sept. 1940?

To be more specific, before the Carol's abdication.

Yes, exactly! Why? Why not a parade in 1941? As far as I know, there were very few available in 1940: according to Axworthy (3-rd Axis, 4-th Ally), their manufacturing started in the second half of 1939 and ended prematurely in march 1941, at German orders.