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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.
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 ...
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 ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
Mittlerer Pionierpanzerwagen (engineer version of the Sd.Kfz. 251) Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen (designation for the Sd.Kfz. 251 Möbelwagen (common name for 20 mm and 37 mm antiaircraft versions of the Panzer IV )
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.
Sd.Kfz. – Sonderkraftfahrzeug; Seebataillon – naval infantry or marines. Seekriegsleitung (SKL) – directorate of the Naval War. Sehrohr – periscope; literally "looking tube". Sehrohrtiefe – periscope depth. Seitengewehr – bayonet. Selbstfahrlafette – self-propelled gun carriage.