Of course the wheels are only as good as the suspension they are attached to. Luckily for me, the Hetzer's suspension is very straight forward and no frills. The road wheel swing arms are in pairs facing away from each other. On top of the road wheel swing arm, directly above the road wheel spindle, rests one end of an elliptical leaf spring. The spring is anchored to the hull in between the road wheel swing arms and can pivot.
While this setup is not nearly as clean cut as a torsion bar; it is something that I am able to fabricate without having to get assistance from a machine shop. I basically took the original design and scaled it down and modified it with over the counter parts.
An interesting aspect of my design is the spring resting on the swing arm past the road wheel spindle. This will add mechanical advantage to the spring thereby "stiffening" it. This allowed my to use a smaller less expensive spring.
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