Volvo Artilleritraktor M/43 HBT in the Hässleholms Museum

A vehicle a bit out of the ordinary but nonetheless a very interesting piece.
Only 99 made 1943-1944 and later Volvo built 8 more. To my knowledge there's 4 left in Sweden and a couple abroad. One in Russia and one in the Netherlands.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

What an awesome halftrack!

[@slowshop]

It was an honour working on this one. 👍

[@Rottingboards]

Very cool stuff!

[@slowshop]

Thank you sir.

[@conrad1468]

Awesome experience!! Wish you could have went for a rip around the yard! 😀 Cory

[@slowshop]

That would have been cool. Sadly the tracks are too bad to run around too much. They are supposed to have a rubber block on each and most are missing.

[@conrad1468]

@ oh yeah.. I have seen the rubber pads on tracks. It makes sense. I wonder how old the tracks are?!?! Cory

[@slowshop]

These are from 1943. The vehicle was found in a quarry many many years ago.

[@conrad1468]

@@slowshop very interesting.

[@deplorableswede8013]

Very interesting, thank you!

[@slowshop]

Thank you. 🥂

[@Rottingboards]

Half track would be fun to work on.

[@slowshop]

It was an honour. Not many built by Volvo.

[@petter5721]

Trevligt 👍🏻

[@slowshop]

Tackar. 🍻

[@truthreigns7]

Very interesting

[@slowshop]

It's an unusual vehicle.

[@truthreigns7]

@@slowshop truly looks like it. I am sure it was a great experience, to be a part of history from the military

[@slowshop]

@truthreigns7 I was honoured to be working on this one. 👍

[@truthreigns7]

@ I am sure. I would be too

[@Rottingboards]

Wow the engine didn't smoke much!

[@slowshop]

Surprisingly good condition. We could only hope. This is with no exhaust too. 😄👍

[@myrlstone8904]

Doesn’t appear that it will take much more work to get it into an operational condition. Good job

[@slowshop]

Thank you. To have a fully drivable half track we need alot of work and money, but to have a running vehicle for the museum we are almost there. 👍

[@buijs1967]

Look very Germanic.

[@slowshop]

The back half is based on a Demag. Well spotted. 👍

[@andersbeackman3852]

Var iRyssland finns den,

[@slowshop]

Tyvärr ingen aning. Sök på Volvo HBT War Motors så bör den dyka upp. Denna finns i Hässleholm.

[@andersbeackman3852]

@slowshop tack för svar, kanske npgon annan vet,,,, är det samma model som terängaxel i Göteborg hade

[@slowshop]

@@andersbeackman3852 Ja det stämmer. Terräng har sin kvar. Jag var där i julas och fotade den som framtida referens. 😊 Det finns en Volvo HBT i Kristianstad som är fin, komplett och fungerar.

[@andersbeackman3852]

Hur mycket kostar en sådan

[@slowshop]

@andersbeackman3852 en fungerande kanske kan kosta 1 miljon. Ett objekt kanske en halv miljon.