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Sonderkraftfahrzeug (abbreviated Sd.Kfz., [1] German for "special purpose vehicle") was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany before and during World War II for military vehicles; for example Sd.Kfz. 101 for the Panzer I, and Sd.Kfz. 251 for the armored personnel carrier made by Hanomag.
The Sonderkraftfahrzeug 8 ("special motorized vehicle 8"), usually abbreviated to Sd.Kfz. 8, was a German half-track designed by Daimler-Benz that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main roles were as a prime mover for heavy towed guns such as the 21 cm Mörser 18 , the 17 cm Kanone 18 and the 10.5 cm FlaK 38 .
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.
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
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 ...
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.