License numbers of the RSO (Raupenschlepper Ost), read from books and period photographs, with the source for each reading.
Notation
License numbers carry a two-letter prefix for the branch of service:
WH - Wehrmacht-Heer (Army)WM - Wehrmacht-Marine (Navy)WL - Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe (Air Force)SS - Waffen-SS / SS guard units
Uncertain readings are marked:
x - a doubtful character? - doubt about the overall number
License numbers
| License number | Source |
|---|
| WH 144? | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2925-06,_Russland,_Raupenschlepper_Ost.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2925-06,_Russland,_Raupenschlepper_Ost.jpg |
| WH 144590x | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2925-17,_Russland,_motorisierte_Truppen.jpg |
| WH 1497601 | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-203-1696-27,_Albanien,_Kanone_hinter_Raupenschlepper_Ost.jpg |
| WH 1446645 | (2), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-280-1078-38,_Russland_bei_Witebsk,_Raupenfahrzeug.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-280-1078-39,_Russland_bei_Witebsk,_Raupenfahrzeug.jpg |
| WH 1586838 | (5), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SC_198848_-_A_German_tracked_prime_mover_is_brought_in_from_the_Belgian_front_by_Lt._Col._Richard_D._Sutton,_Jacksonville_Beach,_Fla.,_CO,_3rd_Battalion._(52523781405).jpg, https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/82nd-airborne-division-corenne-belgium-45/ |
| WH 1498233 | (2), https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/captured-rso-1943/ |
| WH 1444747 | (2) |
| WH 123727 | (2), (4), (5) |
| WH 1445176 | (2) |
| WH 1500128 | (2) |
| WH 123702 | (2) |
| SS 529503 | (2) |
| WH 295503 | (2) |
| WH 695405 | (1), (2), (3) |
| WH 035175 | (1), (2) |
| Od 035175 | (1), (3) |
| WH 427932 | (1) |
| WH xx9149 | (4) |
| WH 1497490 | (4) |
| WH 315706 | (4), https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-wh-315706/ |
| WH 1445425 | (4) |
| WH 1499? | (4) |
| WH 1444523 | (4) |
| WH 1445908 | (5) |
| WH x5? | (5) |
| WH 1533358 | (5) |
| WH 4791x95 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/abandoned-rso-03-1944/ |
| WH 340008 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/raupenschlepper-ost-wh340008/ |
| xx ?142 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-12/ |
| xx ?9x7 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-10/ |
| WH 1? | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/leartabt-rso-733-1943/ |
| WH ?42? | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-ost-mar43/ |
| WH 340259 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/raupenschlepper-ost-wh340259/ |
| WH 44xxxxx | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-8/ |
| xx x791861 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-03-2/ |
| WH 1697521 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-03/ |
| WH 307144 | https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/halftracks/rso/rso-wh-307144/ |
| WH 1500128 | https://guerra-abierta.blogspot.com/2011/06/raupenschlepper-ost.html |
| WH 1497275 | (6) |
| WH 1497225 | (6) |
| WH 1446974 | (6) |
| WH xx97818 | (6) |
| WH 294853 | (6) |
| WH 296070 | https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKXN3ipZc/ |
Bundesarchiv searches
Sources
- Nuts & Bolts No. 09 7,5cm Pak40/4 auf gep. Selbstfahrlafette Raupenschlepper Ost (RSO)
- Militar’s kits hors serie N°2 No. 2 Raupenschlepper OST “RSO”
- Panzer Tracts No. 07-3 - Panzerjaeger (7.5 Cm Pak 40-4 Auf Rso,Nashorn,8.8Cm Waffentraeger,Pa Sfl Fuer 12.8 Cm K 40 Sturer Emil)
- Waffen Arsenal Special #27 - Raupenschlepper ost
- Allied-Axis The Photo Journal of the Second World War No.20
- With Raupenschlepper Ost on the Eastern Front: Orel-Brjansk-Kowel-Warsaw-Danzig
Reference lists
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