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Sd.Kfz. 251/1 - Falke Infrared imaging equipment for driver and MG 42 or MG 34 machine gun operator, to be used in combination with Sd.Kfz. 251/20 Uhu. Mostly Ausf. D variants. Sd.Kfz. 251/2 - Schützenpanzerwagen (Granatwerfer). 81 mm Mortar carrier. Carried 66 rounds for the GrW34. A base plate was also stored so that the mortar could be ...
Sd.Kfz. 251-mounted Wurfrahmen in action against Polish positions during the Warsaw Uprising. Introduced in late 1940, the weapon system was a framework with adjustable base plates fitted over and alongside a vehicle which could hold 300 mm high explosive (HE) rockets; 280 mm HE and 320 mm incendiary rockets were also used, the rockets being fired while in their loading crates.
Sd.Kfz. 251/15 (medium armored halftrack with artillery flash spotting gear) Sd.Kfz. 251/16 (medium armored halftrack with flamethrower) Sd.Kfz. 251/17 (medium armored halftrack with 20 mm L/55 gun) Sd.Kfz. 251/18 (medium armored halftrack observation post) Sd.Kfz. 251/19 (medium armored halftrack with telephone exchange gear) Sd.Kfz. 251/20 ...
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. 250 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 250; 'special motor vehicle') was a light armoured half-track, very similar in appearance to the larger Hanomag-designed Sd.Kfz. 251, and built by the DEMAG firm, for use by Nazi Germany in World War II. Most variants were open-topped and had a single access door in the rear.
Beside being towed, the FlaK 30/38 could be mounted on a variety of vehicles, ranging from being mounted on the rear platform of cars, trucks and half-tracks, including vehicles such as the Sd.Kfz. 10/4 and 10/5 (FlaK 30 / FlaK 38), Sd.Kfz. 11/1 (FlaK 38) and Sd.Kfz. 251/17 (FlaK 38) to being used for dedicated anti-air vehicles such as ...
Later in the war they were issued with Volkswagen Schwimmwagens, light half-tracks such as the Sd.Kfz. 250, as well as Panzer II Ausf. L "Luchs" and Aufklärungspanzer 38 light tanks . These rarely operated as whole companies , and instead worked in mixed teams gathered from various companies that included the motorcycles and the Schwimmwagens.
Given the designation Sd.Kfz. 265, the kl Pz Bef Wg was a modification of the Ausf A designed to provide a command vehicle for Panzer units. This required lengthening the chassis (by adding a fifth road wheel) and upgrading the engine.