Euro scale 1/20th ???

European narrow gauge, for the most part, is either 760mm [that's 2ft 6in] or meter gauge

760mm narrow gauge was only used in Austria and in the Ex-Austrian Imperial countries like Hungary, Romänia, parts of Yugoslavia and Italy.
750mm gauge was much more wide spread, today some of Saxonys lines and the Ruegen Bahn still run on 750mm rails.
LGB never built too many models in 1 : 22,5. Many, like their Stainz oder Meyer loco are closer to 1 : 18/19. A good example for a 1 : 19 loco was one of their latest releases, before they closed. The Heeresfeld HF 130 c from which many were built by various makers for the German Army during WW 2. They had adjustable wheels for gauges from 600 -900 mm. There were plans fpr metre gauge HF 130s, but none were ever built.

The model is slightly too wide, since they used one of their standard 45mm motor bricks in it.
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Fritz / Juergen

Hi,

I suppose, a 40 or 50 tons tank would have been much too heavy for the light track used by narrow gauge railroads. The existing narrow gauge lines in Europe were of little strategic use, since they were very short, sometimes only a few Kilometers.

Looking at historic pictures, the temporary 8German) feldbahn lines of WW 2 transported mainly troops, food and ammunition. Have a picture here, with a field kitchen and 4 horses loaded on 600m wagons.
Some Feldbahn units had rolling repairshops for tanks and lorries. The V 2 missiles were pulled out of their shelter to the launching ramp by Jung diesel locos on 600mm rail.

I am not much in military railways, but I´ve seen pictures of Brit. WW1 2-feet wagons loaded with artillery. The bogie flatcars had mounted ramps to the lower sides where the wheels of the cannons could rest and to keep the point of gravity low.

The only piece of ex-military equipment on my model railroad is a Sovjet Rolls Royce armoured car from 1917:



It was used by the local tax collector for a few years butis on its way to the local museum now.

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Fritz / Juergen