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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.
3-ton class, Sd.Kfz. 11 produced by Hanomag, Adler, Auto-Union and Skoda from 1938 to 1944, a total of 25,000 vehicles - its drivetrain was used for the Sd.Kfz. 251; 5-ton class. Sd.Kfz. 6, manufactured by Büssing-NAG, Berlin-Oberschönweide; Daimler-Benz and Praga (Czechoslovakia), about 3,500 vehicles in total; 8-ton class. Sd.Kfz. 7 ...
Maultier (English: "mule") or Sd.Kfz. 3 is the name given to series of half-track trucks used by Nazi Germany during World War II. They were based on Opel , Mercedes-Benz , Alfa Romeo or Ford trucks.
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.
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.
Sd.Kfz. 251/5 (medium armored halftrack for engineers) Sd.Kfz. 251/6 (medium armored halftrack command post) Sd.Kfz. 251/7 (medium armored halftrack for engineers) Sd.Kfz. 251/8 (medium armored halftrack ambulance) Sd.Kfz. 251/9 (medium armored halftrack with 75 mm L/24 gun) Sd.Kfz. 251/10 (medium armored halftrack with 37 mm antitank gun) Sd ...
On 7 May 1942 Hitler ordered development of a simple, low-speed, half-track, load-carrying vehicle for use on the Eastern Front. Büssing-NAG was selected to develop a new 5 t (4.9 long tons; 5.5 short tons) tractor ( Zgkw. 5t neuer Art ) to replace the earlier 5 tonne Sd.Kfz. 6 and 3 t (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons) Sd.Kfz. 11 half-tracks, as ...
The Flakvierling four-autocannon anti-aircraft ordnance system, when not mounted into any self-propelled mount, was normally transported Sd. Ah. 52 trailer, and could be towed behind a variety of half-tracks or trucks, such as the Opel Blitz truck, the Sd.Kfz. 251 armoured half-track, the Sd.Kfz. 10 light half-track, the Sd.Kfz. 7 and Sd.Kfz ...