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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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    unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the Panzergrenadier (German mechanized infantry) into battle. Sd.Kfz. 251s were...
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  • Sonderkraftfahrzeug (abbreviated Sd.Kfz., German for "special purpose vehicle") was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany during World...
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    shortcomings (the Sd.Kfz. 250/9 variant was a Sd.Kfz. 250 fitted with a top plate surmounted by the same turret and gun combination of the Sd.Kfz 222 fitted...
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    The Sd.Kfz. 10 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug – special motorized vehicle) was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as...
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    The Sd.Kfz. 7 was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Army, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS during the Second World War. Sd.Kfz. is an abbreviation...
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    units. The vehicle belonged to the Sd.Kfz. 250 family. The appearance was similar to the Sd.Kfz. 250, but the Sd.Kfz. 253 variant was fully enclosed. Demag/Wegman...
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    as early as the Battle of France in June 1940. The Sd. Kfz. 252 was based on the Sd.Kfz. 250 half-track and used the same chassis. Initially built by...
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  • Kfz. 260) Gerät 84 (equipment number for the Sd.Kfz. 261) Gerät 89 (equipment number for the Sd.Kfz. 250) Gerät 90 (equipment number for the Sd.Kfz....
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    Sd.Kfz. 247 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 247) was an armored car used by the German armed forces during World War II. Before the war, ten six-wheeled models (Ausf...
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    the Sd.Kfz. 231/232 and the Sd.Kfz. 234. Later in the war they were issued with Volkswagen Schwimmwagens, light half-tracks such as the Sd.Kfz. 250, as...
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    Sonderkraftfahrzeug 8 ("special motorized vehicle 8"), usually abbreviated to Sd.Kfz. 8, was a German half-track designed by Daimler-Benz that saw widespread...
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    display at Musée des Blindés Sd.Kfz. 9 German Sd.Kfz. 250 halftrack. Sd.Kfz. 9 pulls tank Sd.Kfz. 10/2 Sd.Kfz. 10 Imperial Japanese Army Type 1 Ho-Ha Civilian...
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    trucks to half tracks Sd.Kfz. 2 Sd.Kfz. 4 Sd.Kfz. 6 Sd.Kfz. 7 Sd.Kfz. 8 Sd.Kfz. 9 Sd.Kfz. 10 Sd.Kfz. 11 Sd.Kfz. 250 Sd.Kfz. 251 Kfz 13 Leichter Panzerspähwagen...
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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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  • 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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    cars: Sd.Kfz. 221 armored cars; Sd.Kfz. 250/11 half-tracks; Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks; Horch 901 4x4 cross-country passenger cars; Horch Typ 40 (Kfz. 15)...
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    flanks. Some vehicles are designed for special data collection tasks (Sd.Kfz. 250/12) Thus reconnaissance vehicles can be divided into 3 main categories:...
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    Sd.Kfz. 10 and 250 – Variorex VG 10 2 128H pre-selector gearbox Sd.Kfz. 11 and 251 – air brakes on towed equipment (e.g. Pak 40 anti-tank gun) Sd.Kfz...
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    IV Ausf J, Jagdpanther, Kettenkraftrad (Sd.Kfz. 2), Sd.Kfz. 250/3 Ausf A, Sd.Kfz. 250/3 Ausf B, Sd.Kfz 250/8, Sturmgeschütz III Ausf A, Sturmhaubitze...
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    Tiger I (redirect from Sd.Kfz. 181)
    designation Sd.Kfz. 182. The tank was later re-designated as PzKpfw VI Ausf. E in March 1943, with ordnance inventory designation Sd.Kfz. 181. Today,...
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    Tiger II (redirect from Sd.Kfz. 182)
    often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. (Sd.Kfz. 267 and 268 for command vehicles). It was also known informally...
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    Sturmgeschütz III (redirect from SdKfz 142)
    second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track. It was built on a slightly modified Panzer III chassis...
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    Soviet armored tractors, 27 German-made armored half-tracks of the Sd.Kfz. 250 and Sd.Kfz. 251 types, over 200 Czechoslovak Tatra, Praga and Skoda trucks...
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    indignant that the British expected to find his headquarters 400 kilometres (250 miles) behind his front. Mellenthin and Harald Kuhn write that at times in...
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    A to E Sd.Kfz. 233 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz. 234/3 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz. 250/8 Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm KwK 37) Sd.Kfz. 251/9 Schützenpanzerwagen...
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  • 1925–1944 Greif was the name of Erwin Rommel's command vehicle, an Sd.Kfz. 250/3 during his command of the Afrika Korps during World War II Badener...
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    There were also four Sd.Kfz. 250/1 light half-track armoured personnel carriers, one Sd.Kfz. 9 heavy half-track and seven Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad half-track...
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    guns such as the 24 cm Kanone 3 Sd.Kfz. 10 – Germany, 1938; also basis for the Sd.Kfz. 250 armored light half-track Sd.Kfz. 11 – Germany, 1938; 3-ton tractor...
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    into an animated film in 1978) on the adventures of the officers of the 250 Company of the 1st Airborne Division at Arnhem. Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery...
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