Staff car
A staff car is a vehicle used by a senior
Staff cars are often painted in
During the Second World War the German Wehrmacht (armed forces) also used staff cars[3] for various purposes. These included military models with machine gun mounts like the Horch 108 and converted civilian versions for high-ranking officers like the Horch 853. Mercedes-Benz also produced vehicles that the Wehrmacht converted for use as staff cars.
In popular culture
The Dad's Army episodes “The Captain's Car” and “The Making of Private Pike” deal with staff cars; in the former case, the car was donated by a local aristocrat.
Staff cars were also used in the American television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, in which Colonel Wilhelm Klink (Werner Klemperer) and General Albert Burkhalter (Leon Askin) both had staff cars that they frequently used throughout the series.
External links
- The Buick Century Series 60
- 1941 Plymouth P11 Staff Car
- General Patton's Staff Car
- Ford Fordor 1942 Staff Car
References
- ^ "STAFF CAR". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Plymouth P11 staff car". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Wehrmacht Cars". Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ^ "Monty's Rolls-Royce for Guernsey Liberation cavalcade". BBC. Retrieved 16 February 2020.