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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Sd.Kfz. 250 (6,628) Sd.Kfz. 251 "Hanomag" (15,252) Sd.Kfz 252 (413) Sd ... 3.7 cm gun on half track chassis; Sd.Kfz. 10/4 and Sd.Kfz. 10/5 (~2,000) – 2 cm gun on a ...
Sd.Kfz. 231/232/233/234/263 series of heavy armoured cars (~1,800; Germany) Sd.Kfz. 247 armoured command car (68; Germany) Sd.Kfz. 250 (plus 252 & 253) armoured halftrack (13,000 +; Germany) Sd.Kfz. 251 armoured halftrack (Models A, B and C: 4,650. Model D: 10,602; Germany) Sd.Kfz. 254 track/wheel scout car (140; Austria & Germany)
Sd.Kfz. 251; Sd.Kfz. 252; Sd.Kfz. 253 This page was last edited on 18 November 2012, at 11:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The single most important and iconic military vehicle to be designed and built by Hanomag during World War II was the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (commonly called simply "the Hanomag" but this has been questioned, and may have been only a postwar label. German officers referred to them as SPW 'Schützenpanzerwagen, or armored infantry vehicle' in ...