An early mobile crane.
For one point, please respond and identify this vehicle, marque is sufficient.
East Germany
No
up
up again
Is the crane Coles?
No
USA?
No
European?
Yes
French?
No
Not Coles, but British?
Not British
Kaelble?
No
From a Nordic country?
No
German?
Yes
Is the chassis from a well known lkw firm?
I don't know whether the chassis was bespoke or came from a well-known truck builder.
Kassbohrer?
No
Oerenstein & Koppel?
Good guess, but not them
Gmeinder?
No
Did the manufacturer also produce railway vehicles?
No
Any connection with P&H?
DEMAG?
Twice no
1960s?
Probably
Fuchs?
No
Does the brand still exist?
No
Electric or diesel?
Diesel
Was the manufacturer primarily known for producing truck-based mobile cranes and similar vehicles (of a similar size and purpose)?
Yes, cranes and excavators
Weserhütte?
No
Poclain?
No
Wehrhahn?
No
Gottwald?
No
Of course. Menck?
No
Dolberg/Krupp-Dolberg?
No
Rheinstahl Union Brückenbau / P&H?
No
Strictly German, or was there a foreign connection?
The company is strictly German, the crane chassis may include some foreign parts.
It looks a bit fragile despite the three-axle setup. Do you know if it was designed for a purpose other than construction (e.g., fire department, military)?
I don't know, as the company built vehicles for construction, fire departments and military as well.
Sebnitz?
No
Alfred Weber?
No
EWK (Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern)?
No
Eder?
No
A. Gross?
No
Sennebogen?
No
Eckart?
No
Nilsson & Korte?
No
With your other baumaschinen puzzle (https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2017-46/wendax-3154/), I suspected Robuster early on, but then eliminated it as an option for some unknown reason. I revisited it later and it turned out to be correct. Similarly, I suspected WILHAG early on with this puzzle, but then eliminated it for some reason which I can no longer remember. Hoping for a similar result... WILHAG?
By the way, the truck chassis appears to be a Kaelble KDV 680BF (ca. 1959). Compare with these examples (with and without WILHAG Type UA 832 crane). The chassis details/angle/lighting/etc on the first photograph is such a precise match for the puzzle image, that the artist must have based the image on this photo.
1) Yes, it is a Wilhag (which stood for its founder's name Wilhelm Hagenkamp). One point for that.
2) I found this picture just labeled as Wilhag and I went through my book shelf and found a book about excavators where two similar looking Wilhag truck-based excavators were pictured, with "Wilhag" logo at the radiator and a caption that those chassis were built by Wilhag themselves. But you certainly are right with your Kaelble identification and there were quite a lot Wilhag cranes on Kaelble chassis. So there is another point for you. Well done!
Thanks for the points!
So my reply number 15 was correct.. It is indeed a Kaelble.
Sorry, I didn't know by then. It was the Wilhag name I was after.