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Sd.Kfz. stood for Sonder Kraftfahrzeug or ‘special-purpose vehicle'. Sd.Kfz. designations were assigned to armoured vehicles and other vehicles put in military service for a specific purpose. The system was used by Germany prior to and throughout World War II. Sd. Kfz. 100s for PzKpfw I versions; Sd. Kfz. 120s for PzKpfw II versions
This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation system.. The Luftwaffe officially existed from 1933–1945 but training had started in the 1920s, before the Nazi seizure of power, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.
Blohm & Voss and Hamburger Flugzeugbau) (For WWII projects with no RLM designation see: List of German aircraft projects, 1939-1945) Blohm & Voss BV 40 - glider interceptor; Blohm & Voss BV 138 - flying-boat, was designated Ha 138; Blohm & Voss Ha 139 - transatlantic airmail floatplane, one modified for reconnaissance and minesweeping
Leopard (popular name for the Gefechtsaufklärer VK1602 version of the Panzer II) Luchs - popular name for the Panzer II Ausf. L; LWS (abbreviation for the Land-Wasser-Schlepper) Marder I (popular name for the 75 mm antitank gun on a Lorraine 37L chassis) Marder II (popular name for the 75 mm antitank gun on a Panzer II chassis)
Also certain postwar planes such as the Bell X-5, F-86 Sabre or the MiG-15 were deemed to have been based on the pioneering work of World War II German aircraft designers. [1] [2] [3] German aircraft manufacturers such as Henschel in Kassel had their archives destroyed in the course of the Allied bombing of the Third Reich at the end of World ...
The following is a list of aircraft production by Germany during World War II by type and year. Note that some figures may not be accurate, and it is not comprehensive. Aircraft variants of different roles are listed separately. Related types are listed next to each other; see RLM aircraft designation system for an explanation. He 111 ...
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.
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.