German Gepanzerte-MG-Träger Renault UE(f) APC

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In the Fall of France, about 3,000 UE and UE2s had been captured by the German armed forces (Wehrmacht). Most were employed unmodified, after an overhaul by the Ateliers de construction d’Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX) factory under guidance of the German MAN company, as tractors for the 37 mm, 50 mm and, ultimately, 75 mm and 76.2 mm anti-tank guns as the Infanterie UE-Schlepper 630(f) , which also was used to tow light and even heavy infantry guns. They might also function in their original primary role of munition carrier, as Munitionsschlepper Renault UE(f) ,[6] some of these had an armoured roof fitted above the bin, to protect the ammunition load against overhead shell airbursts. Chenillettes were however also modified into self-propelled guns:[7] a German 3.7 cm Pak 36 was fitted just in front of the bin. There was no room for the crew in such a small vehicle: the gun had to be operated while standing behind it. Nevertheless, about 700 of these Selbstfahrlafette für 3.7 cm Pak36 auf Renault UE(f) would be built in 1941. A late modification from 1943 was the UE fitted with four Wurfrahmen 40 launchers for 28/32 cm rockets: the Selbstfahrlafette für 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen auf Infanterie-Schlepper UE(f) , forty of which would be built in two versions, one with the launch frames at the sides of the hull, the other with a raised platform on the back. Other modifications included: the Mannschaftstransportwagen Renault UE(f) , a personnel carrier produced in two versions; the Gepanzerte-MG-Träger Renault UE(f) , simply a Renault UE fitted with a machine-gun in a superstructure above the commander’s seat; the Schneeschleuder auf Renault UE(f) , a snow plough, fifty of which were modified in 1942; the Schneefräser auf Renault UE(f) , also a vehicle intended to combat heavy snow conditions on the Eastern Front, but in the form of a snow miller; the Fernmeldekabel-Kraftwagen Renault UE(f) , a telephone cable-laying vehicle and the Panzerkampfwagen-Attrappe auf UE(f) , a dummy tank for training purposes, resembling a Soviet T-34. More complicated rebuilds were the Sicherungsfahrzeug UE(f) , an airfield security vehicle produced for the Luftwaffe which, besides the 7.92 mm MG 34 casemate on the right, had a special high armoured superstructure fitted on the left back in which a guard could sit armed with a 13 mm machine-gun and the Kleiner Funk- und Beobachtungspanzer auf Infanterie-Schlepper UE(f) , a special radio and artillery observation vehicle, forty of which would be modified by the Baukommando Becker (named after Alfred Becker) in France to eventually serve with the 21st Panzer Division.
Infanterie Schlepper UE 630(f) Walk Around Page 1
Infanterie UE-Schlepper 630(f)
Selbstfahrlafette für 3.7 cm Pak36 auf Renault UE (f)
3.7 cm Pak36 auf Renault UE(f)
Selbstfahrlafette für 28 32 cm Wurfrahmen auf Infanterie-S… | Flickr
Selbstfahrlafette für 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen auf Infanterie-Schlepper UE(f)
Renault UE1 China. Gepanzerte MG Träger Renault UE
Command version

I would love to see a modified version of the Renault UE in German hands rather than another Universal Carrier. A Great event APC the UE would lean more into German strengths without being game breaking. So fully enclosed with an even small 4 man crew but no enclosed turrets sorry but read this first. So less fire power but more armor and a smaller crew. We add more french gear fewer copy paste everyone wins

so this Command version plus this Infanterie Schlepper UE 630(f) Walk Around Page 1 so this plus this

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These aren’t APCs though

Not initially, I did ask people to read, yes I post without thinking or fully reading so that’s why I reposted it

I mean, it is an infanterie schlepper

They are more like movers for towing artillery and supplies, not carrying infantry into battle.

These particular vehicles were modified to be tank destroyers and artillery

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