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The Wehrmacht re-designated captured vehicles with a structured formula. With some of the elements being optional and depending on the overall vehicle type or intended use, the following elements could be utilized: Calibre (expressed in centimetres) The type of vehicle or main armament; A model number (or name) adapted from the original designation
Patrol ship (Zollkreuzer) Helgoland (a SWATH-Vessel) Vehicle of the Bundeszollverwaltung in Germany The Customs Service's enforcement duties include monitoring the movement of goods into, through and out of the EU with respect to customs law, border police work, general police work in road traffic, protection of the German continental shelf in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea (more precisely ...
' Customs Border Guards ') was an organization under the German Finance Ministry from 1937 to 1945. It was charged with guarding Germany's borders, acting as a combination Border Patrol and Customs & Immigration service.
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. The Sd.
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.
20 mm FlaK 30 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t: designation of the Sd.Kfz. 10/4 : 20 mm FlaK 38 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 1t: designation of the Sd.Kfz. 10/5 : 20 mm FlaKv 38 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV (Sf)
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 . A) were built; this was followed during the war by 58 four-wheeled models ( Ausf .
The Kettenkrad started its life as a light tractor for airborne troops. The vehicle was designed to be delivered by Junkers Ju 52 aircraft, though not by parachute. The vehicle had the advantage of being the only gun tractor small enough to fit inside the hold of the Ju 52, and was the lightest mass-produced German military vehicle to use the complex Schachtellaufwerk overlapped and ...