Other ADLER-WERKE ADLER WERKE W 61, German 11th Panzer D

Fahrzeugstandort: Bovenden, 2 Vergaser-Motor Adler 2500ccm³, 6-Zylinder, Wassergekühlt, Benziner, Geschwindigkeit ca. 50 km/h,The Adler W61, 4x2, 1-1/2-ton truck was developed from pre-World War II Adler touring cars. The Adler W61 light truck, as displayed, utilized an Adler civilian car chassis, but added an open truck cab with a pickup truck-type cargo bed in back. Adler also built a box-van version, the W61K, that was produced in both ambulance and signal van configurations. Only 500 W61s were manufactured. Adler has the distinction of producing the first so-called Bucket car developed for the post World War I German Reichswehr (Army). With production beginning in 1925, Adler Bucket cars consisted of a civilian touring car chassis with the addition of a simple, open door body constructed of plywood with four simple bucket seats. Some Adlers, such as the Diplomat touring cars, were used in their standard civilian configurations, generally as staff cars for higher ranking German army