- For the Steel Division: Normandy 44 unit see SD:Maultier
Maultier is a German Support unit in Steel Division II.
Background[ | ]
During the invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany found that their wheeled vehicles were getting stuck in the limited road network of the Soviet Union along rasputitsa. Only Half-tracks and tracked vehicles were able to get though but were need in the front lines. So to carry supplies trucks were modified with their rear wheels replaced with tracks.