Books about the NSU Kettenkrad

	D 624/1 Kleines Kettenkraftrad (SdKfz 2) Gerätebeschreibung und Bedienungsanweisung. Edition 25.09.1944. (Small Kettenkrad (Sd.Kfz. 2), Unit description and operating instructions) 200 pages, DIN A5. Good reprint available from ClassicSeller (formerly known as WK-Publishers) at € 40,- plus shipping.
	D 624/2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad (SdKfz 2) Ersatzteilliste. Edition 17.06.1943. (Small Kettenkrad (Sd.Kfz. 2), Spare parts list) 247 pages, DIN A5. Good reprint available from ClassicSeller (formerly known as WK-Publishers) at € 48,- plus shipping. There is a previous version of the spare parts list D 624/2, dated 03.05.1941, which covers the very early KKs. AFAIK there are no commercial reprints of this manual available.
	D 618/3 Anhänger für das Kleine Kettenkraftrad Gerätebeschreibung, Bedienungsanweisung und Ersatzteilliste für den Kettenkrad-Anhänger Sd.Anh. 1 (Trailer for the small Kettenkrad; Unit description, operating instructions and spare parts list) 31 pages plus 6 extra picture pages, DIN A 5. Reprint available at € 20,-.
	D 674/214 Sonderwerkzeug für Fahrgestell zum Kettenkraftrad HK 101 (ohne Motor) Beschreibung und Anwendung der einzelnen Sonderwerkzeuge (Special tools for the chassis of the Kettenkrad. Description and how to use the special tools) 27 pages, DIN A5. Reprint available at € 12,-

These official books are essential, if you own a Kettenkrad and you have to do some work on it. Original ones are absolutely rare and very expensive. For the work in the workshop a good reprint will do it. Reprints are available here. Please ask for details. Prices are plus shipping.

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Please note: Most of the books are older and out of print. The good news: They were often for sale on EBAY. Have a look there.

Friedhelm Abel "Kleines Kettenkraftrad", volume 88 from the series "Waffen-Arsenal" from Podzun-Pallas Publishers. Softcover, 48 pages DIN A4 landscape. Published 1984. ISBN 3-7909-0219-5, Price in Germany was DM 8.50. Current status: Out of print. In 1991 the book was published in English language by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 0-8874-0315-8 Current status: Out of print.
In 1999 the Podzun-Pallas-Verlag published a reprint of the book as "Highlight Band 7". Size now DIN A4 portrait, some of the pictures were different. And first of all: The price rocketed: The reprint has cost DM 24,80, while to original volume has cost only DM 8,50. ISBN: 3-7909-0683-2, Price in Germany was DM 24.80 in 1999. Current status: Unknown.
Horst Hinrichsen "Das Kettenkrad von NSU", volume 148 from the series "Waffen-Arsenal" from Podzun-Pallas Publishers. Softcover, 48 pages DIN A4. Published 1994. ISBN: 3-7909-0496-1, Price in Germany was DM 12.80. Current status: Unknown.
Walter E. Seifert "Das kleine Kettenkraftrad HK-101", special volume S-69 from the series "Waffen-Arsenal" from Podzun-Pallas Publishers. Softcover, 48 pages DIN A4. Published 2002. ISBN: 3-7909-0770-7, Price in Germany was € 10.10 in 2002. Current status: Unknown.
Karl R. Pawlas "NSU Kettenkrad", Special volume W126 from the series "Waffen-Revue" from publisher "Publizistisches Archiv Karl R. Pawlas", Nuremberg. Softcover, 160 pages DIN A5 with 115 b/w-pictures. Published around 1974. ISBN: None, Price in Germany was DM 6.- in 1974. Current status: Out of print.
Karl R. Pawlas Waffen-Revue Heft 104 -110 Seven parts series "Das NSU Kettenkrad und seine Varianten", published from volume 104 (part 1), spring 1997 to volume 110 (part 7), fall 1998. Journal-Verlag Schwend GmbH, Schwaebisch Hall. ISBN: None. Price in Germany was DM 10,- per volume. Current status: Out of print.
"Allied-Axis, The photo journal of the second world war", Issue 2 12 pages about the NSU Kettenkrad, including many b/w pictures. Ampersand Publishing Company Inc., Delray Beach, FL, USA, 2000 ISBN: None. Current status: Out of print.
Frantisek Koran, Jiri Starosta "Kettenkrad in detail" - Photo manual for modellers. Wings & Wheels Publications, Prague, 2002 48 pages, 24.0 x 22.5 cm, written in English. Many close up pictures of restored Kettenkrads. Unfortunately there are many details, which are not correct. ISBN: 80-86416-18-8, Price in the UK around £ 12,- Current status: Available.

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Books and literature about the NSU Kettenkrad:

Official literature (Handbooks, manuals, etc.)

The manual D 624/1 and the spare parts list D 624/2 are essential, if you want to do any work on a real Kettenkrad.

D 624/1 Kleines Kettenkraftrad (SdKfz 2)

D 624/2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad (SdKfz 2)

D 618/3 Anhänger für das Kleine Kettenkraftrad

D 674/214 Sonderwerkzeug für Fahrgestell zum Kettenkraftrad HK 101 (ohne Motor)

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