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The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was a World War II German armoured personnel carrier designed by the Hanomag company, based on its earlier, unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the Panzergrenadier (German mechanized infantry ) into battle.
Sd.Kfz. 233; Sd.Kfz. 263 (heavy armored radio car) Sd.Kfz. 234 – 8 wheeled armored car (also known as Puma or Stummel) Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions) Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (machine gun and mortar versions) Panzerwagen ADGZ; M39 Pantserwagen (captured from Dutch) Panhard 178 (captured from French)
List of World War II military equipment of Poland ... (jednowieżowy-single turret; 37 mm Bofors anti-tank gun) 7TP dw (dwuwieżowy-twin ... Sd.Kfz. 251/9 [6] Sd.Kfz ...
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.
Wurfrahmen mounted on Sd.Kfz. 251. The Wurfrahmen 40 ("launch frame 40") was a German World War II multiple rocket launcher.It combined a vehicle such as the Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack or captured French Renault UE Chenillette with rocket artillery to form a more mobile and protected artillery piece than the towed Nebelwerfer.
When the limitations of the vehicle were highlighted during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 the Sd.Kfz. 222 was gradually replaced in the reconnaissance role by the Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track, but the turret and armament of the Sd Kfz 222 was sometimes retained, despite its shortcomings (the Sd.Kfz. 250/9 variant was a Sd.Kfz. 250 fitted ...
These were normally mounted on the sides of Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks, but they were also adapted for several different captured French tracked vehicles. The sWuR 40 was nicknamed the Stuka-zu-Fuß ("Stuka on Foot"). [10] Over six hundred thousand rockets and 700 launchers, excluding the sW.G. and sWu.R. firing frames, were made during the war.
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 ...