Opel Blitz 3,6-47 was long (4,7m) wheelbase low-frame chassis for bus bodies of numerous manufacturers, both German and outland.



Karosseriebau Unternehmen Gebrueder Ludewig, Essen

(series numbers are mine, not official)

Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus by Ludewig, 1st series, 29k WW2 photo, 49k rear view

Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus by Ludewig, 2nd series, 76k WW2 photo, 30k rear view (or this is series 1)

Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus by Ludewig, 3rd series, 53k WW2 photo, 41k side view

Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus by Ludewig, model W39 (Wehrmacht omnibus), 57k WW2 photo, 44k rear view



FKF-Werke, Frankfurt-am-Main

Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus by FKF, 18k WW2 photo



KAFA Karosserie- und Fahrzeugwerke G.m.b.H., Leipzig

Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus by KAFA, 51k photo



Unclassified German (not sure that everyone here is German)

Type ¹1. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 19k 1940 photo, bus of Wehrmacht Heer, North France.

Type ¹2. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 73k photo, number plate of Zwickau, photo taken in Kiev or Harjkow, Ukraine.

Type ¹3. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 29k photo, number plate of Hessen-Nassau, photo taken on 29 VI 1941,
bridge over Bug, boundary river between USSR and General-Gouvernement.

Type ¹4. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 57k photo, motorcycle number plate of Dresden, perhaps bus is also from Dresden.

Type ¹5. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 43k WW2 photo.

Type ¹6. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 open bus with tent, 23k WW2 photo.

Type ¹7. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 open bus of Dr. Ley, 116k WW2 photo.

Type ¹8. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 30k WW2 photo, Trier region.

Type ¹9. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 12k WW2 photo, USSR (very similar to Type ¹2, but not the same).

Type ¹10. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 37k WW2 photo, number plate of Rheinprovinz.

Type ¹11. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 77k WW2 photo.

Type ¹12. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 48k WW2 photo, Poland.
one more Type ¹12. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 50k WW2 photo, close to St. Quentin, France.
This bus has number plates of Baden.

Type ¹13. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 77k WW2 photo, bus of the military post-office.



Unclassified Belgian bodies based on Opel Blitz chassis (not sure that everyone here is Belgian)

Type ¹14. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 40k and 44k photo, Langemark, Belgium.
One more Type ¹14 (or the same bus). Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 30k photo, Belgium.

Type ¹15. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 22k WW2 photo.



Unclassified Dutch bodies based on Opel Blitz chassis (not sure)

Type ¹16. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 16k WW2 photo.



Unclassified non-German?

Type ¹17. Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 bus, 44k 1941 photo, Vjazjma, Smolensk region, Russia.

Production numbers of Opel-Blitz 3,6-47 chassis by years:

Years    1937   1938   1939   1940   1941   1942   1943   1944

Numbers  1024   2003   1955    900    770    333   1117    234

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