National World War II Museum Opel Sedan Winter Camouflage Diorama New Orleans USA NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — A 1934 Opel Sedan, camouflaged with whitewash and pine branches, sits within a winter forest diorama depicting the Battle of the Bulge at the National World War II Museum. Manufactured in Rüsselsheim, Germany, by Adam Opel AG, this pre-war civilian model features a 6-cylinder inline flathead engine and a top speed of 63 mph. Because the German army faced chronic shortages of motorized transport during the December 1944 Ardennes offensive, vehicles of this type were frequently pressed in

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