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Sonderkraftfahrzeug (abbreviated Sd.Kfz., [1] German for "special purpose vehicle") was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany before and during World War II for military vehicles; for example Sd.Kfz. 101 for the Panzer I, and Sd.Kfz. 251 for the armored personnel carrier made by Hanomag.
The Panzer I (Sd. Kfz. 101) was not intended as a combat vehicle but more to familiarise industry and the army with tanks. By the time production ended in 1937, 1869 Panzer I hulls had been produced, of which 1493 were fitted with turrets, and the rest were used as command or training vehicles.
Mittlerer Krankenpanzerwagen (ambulance version of the Sd.Kfz. 251) Mittlerer Ladungsträger (title for the Springer vehicle) Mittlerer Pionierpanzerwagen (engineer version of the Sd.Kfz. 251) Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen (designation for the Sd.Kfz. 251; Möbelwagen (common name for 20 mm and 37 mm antiaircraft versions of the Panzer IV)
The Sd.Kfz. 234 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 234, Special Purpose Vehicle 234), was a family of armoured cars designed and built in Germany during World War II. The vehicles were lightly armoured, armed with a 20, 50 or 75 mm main gun, and powered by a Tatra V12 diesel engine. [3] The Sd.Kfz. 234 broadly resembles the appearance of Sd.Kfz. 231 (8 rad). [2]
The Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track was a World War II German armored 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.
Sd.Kfz. 10/4 and Sd.Kfz. 10/5 (~2,000) – 2 cm gun on a half track ... name adopted by America) Light tank M24 (4,731) ("General Chaffee" in British service, name ...
The Sd. Kfz. 232 (8-Rad), which was produced from 1938 to 1943, was a 231 with additional medium range radio sets and a large frame aerial. From 1942, a small Sternantenne ('star aerial') replaced the frame aerial, a modification retrofitted to older models. The official name was Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (Fu) Sd. Kfz. 232 (8-rad). Sd. Kfz. 233
Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz.173) Panzerjäger für 8.8cm PaK43 auf Fgst Panther I. A jagdpanzer ("hunting tank") self-propelled anti-tank gun based on the Panther chassis with a 71-calibres long 8.8cm PaK43 gun in a fixed casemate superstructure with limited traverse mounting. 392 built by MIAG and MNH from January 1944 to March 1945.