The Sd.Kfz. 254 was a German fully tracked armoured scout car employed by Wehrmacht during World War II. From 1936, the vehicle was developed under the...
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Sonderkraftfahrzeug (abbreviated Sd.Kfz., German for "special purpose vehicle") was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany before and...
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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...
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The Sd.Kfz. 11 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug – special motor vehicle) was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime...
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Sd.Kfz. 231 Sd.Kfz. 232 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....
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9000) Sd.Kfz. 250 (6,628) Sd.Kfz. 251 "Hanomag" (15,252) Sd.Kfz 252 (413) Sd.Kfz 253 (285) Sd.Kfz 254 (140) 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer Sd.Kfz. 165 Hummel...
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Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz. 234 Sd.Kfz. 247 - Armored car Sd.Kfz. 250 - Half-track APC Sd.Kfz. 251 - Half-track APC Sd.Kfz. 252 - Half-track Sd.Kfz. 253 - Armored...
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armoured halftrack (Models A, B and C: 4,650. Model D: 10,602; Germany) Sd.Kfz. 254 track/wheel scout car (140; Austria & Germany) Semovente 47/32 self-propelled...
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(s.W.S.), the successor to the Sd.Kfz. 5. The engines were built only by Auto Union. Maybach produced a total of 254 HL45s in 1940–1943. A prototype...
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(J) Nr. I/011477/44 g. Kdos. II. Ang. vom 25.4.44. Betr: Totalausfälle an Kfz. folgender Kessel-Verbände auf Grund von Ermittlungen der Kraftf. Offz. GenStdH/GenQu...
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but also as anti-aircraft guns in various configurations, such as the SdKfz 251/21 Drilling half-track which carried three MG 151/15. Post-war, salvaged...
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were one 15 cm sFH 18 heavy field howitzer (5.5 ton) accompanied by its Sd.Kfz. 7 half-track artillery tractor vehicle (11 ton), two 3.6 tonne (4 ton)...
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światowej Szymon Datner Wydawn. Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1964, p. 254. [ISBN missing] Remy 2002, pp. 245, 361. Lieb 2014, p. 129. Encyclopedia...
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passes through the streets of the city center. German Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz. 231 armoured car descending from Marjan Hill, with the city in the background...
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remainder were knocked out on the next day by the 7th Armoured Division. About 254 Axis guns were lost, along with 64 German and 20 Italian aircraft. The Eighth...
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Leichtes Ladungsträger Sd.Kfz.302 "Goliath" (Electrical engined remote controlled explosive machine) Leichtes Ladungsträger Sd.Kfz.303A and B "Goliath"...
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including several armored vehicles, notably two Panther tanks and two Sd.Kfz. 251 armored personnel carriers. Also, resistance workshops produced weapons...
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2012, p. 248. Clark 2012, p. 250. Clark 2012, pp. 252–253. Clark 2012, p. 254. Clark 2012, p. 255. Clark 2012, p. 256. Clark 2012, pp. 256–257. Beevor...
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Ukrainian front they included an armored battalion of 22 Panzer IV, 2 Sd. Kfz. 222 and 1 Sd. Kfz. 223. 11 more tanks were lost in the 1945 fighting. From March...
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2012, p. 248. Clark 2012, p. 250. Clark 2012, pp. 252–253. Clark 2012, p. 254. Clark 2012, p. 255. Clark 2012, p. 256. Clark 2012, pp. 256–257. Beevor...
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(Tactical Air Control Party troops) in wheeled vehicles. There were too few Sd.Kfz. 251 command vehicles for all of the army but the theory allowed the army...
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326 Middlebrook, pp. 194, 210 Middlebrook, pp. 269–270 Middlebrook, pp. 254–260 Evans, p. 8 Middlebrook, p. 271 Waddy, pp. 111–113 Waddy, p. 115 Kershaw...
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through the bomb-bay doors, and paratroopers jumped through the side doors. Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrafträder (half-track motorcycles) and supply canisters for parachute...
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One report states that a round from a 47 mm gun went straight through a Sd kfz 231 and penetrated the armour of the Panzer IV behind it. These Belgian...
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Germany's own production of 70 Panzer IVs and around the same number of Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks. However, it would have allowed the creation of almost...
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about the town. As the column approached Villers-Bocage, the crew of an Sd.Kfz. 231 armoured car watched the British advance and escaped. At 08:30, having...
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22. Ellis et al. 2004, p. 247. Gill & Groves 2006, p. 24. Clay 1950, pp. 254, 256. Forty 2004, p. 37. Ellis et al. 2004, pp. 247, 250. Weigley 1981, pp...
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himself what was happening at the bridges. He headed for the bridge in his Sd.Kfz. 250 halftrack with a motorcycle escort. Travelling at high speed they unknowingly...
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