I have been meaning to do this post on German WW2 jacks for some time, with my postponed workshop move I have decided to post this information and try to get a feel for how interested members might be for me to produce all these jacks. At the moment very few of these jacks are available in 6 scale. I made the 15 ton jack about eight years ago, it was not as accurate as it could have been, but I had not done all the research needed at the time and made it from scaled drawings only. I now hope to improve the quality and detail of that one and all the others.
I will not claim that all the information here is a 100% correct and I am sure I have failed to find everything that is needed for this very complicated subject. Anyone that can add to what I have here is welcome to do so, if anyone has detailed pictures or scaled drawings, partially for the 3, 5 and 10 ton jacks it would be most welcome.
I plan to offer these as resin cast jacks with some metal parts, which will be what I will not know until I make the masters for casting. There are several different mounting brackets for the various jacks and AFV's. It may not be cost effecting to make them all. Your input on which you would like will help me make that decision. I already have the mounting brackets for the Panther vertical jack made as I had these photo-etched some time ago when first planning to make the jacks.
How to identify jack lift weights. Most jacks had a DIN number, my understanding is DIN = Ton, so jacks marked 5 DIN = 5 Ton.
The basic jacks.
Which jacks went to which tank or AFV.
3 Ton Jack early type.
All Panzer 1 series, 15 cm Sig 33 Pz I ausf B, Geschutz 33, Leichte, Kleiner and 4.7 cm Pak Pz I ausf B. Pz II ausf a1, a2, a3 and b, Pz II (2cm) ausf , c, A, B and C, Pz II (2 cm) ausf D and E, Pz II ausf F, Pz II Flamm ausf A and B, PZ II 15 cm Sig 33 and Pz II 7.62 Pak 36.
3 Ton Jack late type or 5 Ton Jack . Hard to figure without more research.
Pz I ausf F Pz II ausf F, Pz II (Luchs) ausf L, Pz II 7.62 Pak 36, Marder II, Wespe and Pz II ausf G and J.
10 Ton Jack.
All Pz III and IV, Hetzer, Brumbar. All Stug III, All Stug IV and Pz III version SIG33
15 Ton Jack
Tiger 1 and Sturmtiger until Jan 44
20 Ton Jack long type.
Tiger I Jan 44 to end, Sturmtiger, Jagdtiger (Ferdinand and Elefant), Tiger II, Jagdtiger (Tiger II hull), Brummbar, Panther Ausf A and Jagdpanther to Feb 44 (Fitted horizontal). Some later Panthers had the long jack fitted vertical.
20 Ton Jack short type
Panther ausf A late, B to G, Jagdpanther from Feb 44 to end (Fitted vertical) and Bergepanther.
Regards
Mike Stannard
6th Scale Icons Inc.