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Sd.Kfz. 4 (3-ton aviation fuel tanker, based on Mercedes-Benz LG 3000; possibly introduced as Kfz.384) Sd.Kfz. 4 (2-ton armored version of Maultier half-track truck as ammunition carrier) Sd.Kfz. 4/1 (15 cm Nebelwerfer 42 rocket launcher on 2-ton Opel Maultier chassis) Sd.Kfz. 5 (3-ton aviation fuel tanker, based on Krupp L3 H63/H163; likely ...
Marder 139 = captured Russian 76.2 mm gun on Panzer 38(t) chassis (Sd. Kfz. 139) Grille = 150 mm heavy infantry gun on Panzer 38(t) chassis (Sd.Kfz. 138/1) Jagdpanzer 38 = 75 mm L/48 Pak39 gun on a widened Pz 38(t) chassis; Flakpanzer 38(t) = 2cm FlaK self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on Panzer 38(t) chassis (Sd. Kfz. 140)
Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (designation for the Sd.Kfz. 231) Schwerer Wagen (developmental program name for the Panzer VII) Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (heavy military carrier) Sd.Kfz. - abbreviation for "special purpose vehicle"; see list of Sd.Kfz. designations; Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) (self-propelled mount version of the Panzer 38(t))
The Sd.Kfz. 4 was developed after the 1941 invasion of the USSR to deal with the ice and mud, which bogged down the wheels-only road-bound commercial vehicles that were used to supply German forces. It was a modified Standard Mercedes-Benz L4500S (4x2) with Horstmann suspension instead of a rear axle.
Although they lacked the overall mobility of purpose-built half tracks, they were cheaper and sufficiently effective. From 1943 some Maultier trucks were fitted with armored bodies, designated Sd.Kfz. 4. [2] Some of these were armed with ten-tube rocket launcher Panzerwerfer 42, and were designated Sd.Kfz.. 4/1.
The chassis of the heavy off-road passenger car was also used for the Leichter Panzerspähwagen (Sd.Kfz. 221 and Sd.Kfz. 222) armoured cars, although its engine was mounted in the rear. The first light off-road passenger cars were delivered by Stoewer in 1936 ( R 180 Spezial ), followed in 1937 by the first medium and in 1938 by the first heavy ...
Sd.Kfz. 6/2 3,7 cm FlaK36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5t; A Sd.Kfz. 6 fitted with a 3.7 cm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun, sides would fold down to allow space to work on. Crew of seven., [1] [3] with three loaders and two gunners in the back, with the rest in the front. [4] 203 vehicles were produced for the Luftwaffe from 1939 to 1941. The gun ...
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