A major producer of arms and military vehicles during World War II, Steyr became a target of Allied bombing raids to knock out its factories. In two major attacks by the US Fifteenth Air …

1926 Steyr VII Steyr was an Austrian automotive brand, established in 1915 as a branch of the Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft (ÖWG) weapon manufacturing company. …

It was nicknamed the Ruck-Zuck- [Gewehr] by Austrian troops (ruck-zuck spoken as "roock-tsoock", in common language meaning "back and forth [rifle]") and "Ta-Pum" by Italian troops …

After the cessation of weapons production at the end of World War II in 1945 it was not until 1950 and only with the permission of the Allied Forces that the production of the ”Mannlicher …

Sep 11, 2024 · Throughout World War II, armies on both sides continued to introduce new weapons and vehicles. One such vehicle was the Austrian-designed Steyr 1500A, which was …

Designed by well-known German engineer Ferdinand Porsche in 1940 and produced by the equally well-known Austrian Steyr works, the Steyr 1500 A or "Kfz.70" became an important …

Feb 19, 2007 · During the World War II the Steyr-Daimler-Puch cartel used slave labour in the German concentration camps extensively, notably in the Mauthausen-Gusen camp complex at …

In the waning period Steyr Mannlicher, Ges.m.b.H. 125 Jahre Waffen aus of the Third Reich, as both weapons and manpower were in Steyr (Steyr, Austria: N.P., 1989). short supply, Steyr …

The Steyr 1500A was a light truck used by Germany during World War II. The 1500A was powered by a 85 hp, 8-cylinder air-cooled Steyr 3517cc OHV petrol engine, and had a top …

During World War II, when Austria was part of the Third Reich, Steyr-Daimler-Puch's Generaldirektor Georg Meindl de became one of the first German industrialists to suggest the …