- Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack interior
- Sd Kfz 251/8 Armored ambulance Operation Barbarossa 1941
- SdKfz 251 Ausf D in France 1944
- SdKfz 251/10 Ausf C Fredericus Rex
- Fallschirmjagers and SdKfz 251 Ausf D Schutzenpanzerwagen 1944
- SdKfz 251/6 Wehrmacht officers and Schutzenpanzerwagen eastern front 1942
- SdKfz 251/9 Ausf D mit 7,5 cm KwK 37 L24 Stummel of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich, 1944
- german halftrack SdKfz 251 Ausf A and wehrmacht soldiers
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C winter camo
- SdKfz 251/10 Ausf A support vehicle
- SdKfz 251/3 Ausf B Funkpanzerwagen
- SdKfz 251/10 support vehicle
- Destroyed SdKfz 251 Ausf C
- SdKfz 251 Ausf D 1945
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C Schutzenpanzerwagen eastern front 1942
- german half track SdKfz 251/1 Ausf A
- SdKfz 251 half track trials
- german half track SdKfz 251 Ausf B
- eastern front SdKfz 251 Schutzenpanzer and destroyed soviet M4 Sherman 1944
- SdKfz 251 Stuka zu Fuss Rocket launcher
- SdKfz 251 1943 Balkans
- Sd Kfz 251 and Sd Kfz 250 Schutzenpanzerwagen eastern front 1942 2
- SdKfz 251 Ausf A half track
- SdKfz 251/8 Ausf B Sanitater Armored ambulance
- SdKfz 251 Ausf B halftrack
- SdKfz 251/1 armored personnel carrier
- Sd Kfz 251 Stuka zu Fuss of the 24th Panzer Division eastern front 1942
- german half track SdKfz 251 Ausf A with crew
- SdKfz 251 Ausf D Waffen SS 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich France 1944
- Deutsches Afrika Korps SdKfz 251/8 Ambulance in North Africa
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C Schutzenpanzer eastern front 1943
- SdKfz 251 Ausf A with crew
- SdKfz 251/3 Ausf D
- SdKfz 251/10 Ausf C and Panzer II
- SdKfz 251/16 Mittlerer Flammpanzerwagen (flamethrower) of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
- Destroyed SdKfz 251 Somewhere In France 12 August 1944
- SdKfz 251/3 Schutzenpanzerwagen WH-642217 Russia winter
- Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf B Schutzenpanzerwagen winter Russsia 1941
- SdKfz 251of the 9 Panzer Division in their way to the front – 1941
- SdKfz 251/9 Ausf D Stummel number 246
- German armored personnel carrier SdKfz 251/1 Ausf C front
- SdKfz 251 Ausf D half track
- SdKfz 251/3 Ausf B Radio Halftrack in Desert DAK
- SdKfz 251/6 Ausf D Funkpanzerwagen Skijager Eastern front 1944
- Sd.Kfz.251/9 Stummel German Halftrack And Crew Cleaning Barrel
- Sd.Kfz.251/1 Ausf C undercarriage
- SdKfz 251 Ausf D Wehrmacht
- german half track Sd.Kfz.251/6
- SdKfz 251/1 Stuka zu Fuss
- SdKfz 251 and SdKfz 250 Schutzenpanzerwagen eastern front 1942
- Schutzenpanzerwagen with Pak gun advance in a mechanized column, Russia 1941
- Sd.Kfz.251/18 eastern front
- SdKfz 251/10 Ausf A Italy 1944
- SdKfz 251 Ausf A on road
- SdKfz 251 interior rear
- SdKfz 251 Stuka zu Fuss schwerer Wurfrahmen rocket launcher Russia
- SdKfz 251 9th Panzer Division 1941 2
- Sd.Kfz.251/8 Barbarossa 1941
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C Stuka zu Fuss
- German armored personnel carrier SdKfz 251 Ausf D camo
- SdKfz 251/6 Ausf A rear view France 1940
- SdKfz 251/10 Ausf C of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler eastern front 1943
- SdKfz 251 of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Grossdeutschland
- SdKfz 251 and soldier
- SdKfz 251/6 Command version
- SdKfz 251 Ausf D Near Gavray France 1 August 1944
- SdKfz 251/6 Ausf A France Heinz Guderian
- SdKfz 251/1 Ausf A armored personnel carrier
- SdKfz 251 Ausf B with winter camo
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C number 153
- SdKfz 251 Schutzenpanzerwagen Halftrack in Dijon France
- SdKfz 251 Stuka zu Fuss 24th Panzer Division eastern front 1942
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C armored personnel carrier
- Stuka zu Fuss SdKfz 251 Wurfrahmen 40 winter
- Destroyed german half track SdKfz 251
- SdKfz 251/1 Ausf C side
- SdKfz 251 9th Panzer Division 1941 4
- SdKfz 251 Ausf B Schutzenpanzerwagen winter Russsia 1941
- Sd Kfz 251 Ausf B
- Destroyed SdKfz 251 Ausf B
- Panzer IV and SdKfz 251 Ausf C Schutzenpanzer in their way to the front – Kursk area 1943
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C winter camouflage
- SdKfz 251/6 Ausf A Command version
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C with winter camouflage
- Armored personnel carrier SdKfz 251 Ausf A and soldiers
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- SdKfz 251 rear
- Sdkfz 251 ausf C
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- Sdkfz 251 interior photo
- SdKfz 251 SPW
- Destroyed Sdkfz 251 halftracks
- The charred remnants of a German Sd.Kfz. 251
- SdKfz 251/4
- Sdkfz 251 ausf A halftrack
- SdKfz 251/9 Aufs D Grossdeutchland March 1944
- Hanomag Sd Kfz 251 halftracks
- Sdkfz 251/9 Aufs D “Stummel”
- SdKfz 251/9 Stummel
- Hanomag Sdkfz 251 Ausf A halftracks
- Sd Kfz 251 ausf A
- SdKfz 251 rear doors
- Schutzenpanzerwagen SdKfz 251 photo
- SdKfz 251 and Russian POW
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C Kommandopanzerwagen
- Hanomag Sd Kfz 251 Ausf B
- Sdkfz 251 Stuka Zu Fuss winter
- Rear view of a heavily camouflaged SdKfz 251/3 ausf D
- Hanomag SdKfz 251 halftrack
- German half track ww2 Sdkfz 251 Ausf B
- Sd Kfz 251 Ausf B halftrack
- Sd Kfz 251 ausf B Armored Halftrack
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- SdKfz 251 in Russia
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C WH-1260750
- Sdkfz 251 ausf D Stummel
- Sdkfz 251
- Sdkfz 251 ausf D rocket launcher halftrack
- Panther and Sdkfz 251 Ausf D number 1134 in Normandy 1944
- Sd.kfz. 251 Stuka Zu Fuss
- SdKfz 251 half track photo
- Sdkfz 251 halftrack
- Sd kfz251 ausf C
- SdKfz 251/9 Stummel SPW
- Sd.Kfz .251/1 mit 28 32 cm Wurfrahmen Stuka zu Fuss
- Schutzenpanzerwagen Sdkfz 251
- SdKfz 251/4 with gun
- SdKfz 251 Ausf A in winter
- Hanomag Sdkfz 251 Ausf A SPW
- SdKfz 251 assault version
- SdKfz 251/3 winter camo
- Mittlerer Schutzenpanzerwagen Sdkfz 251
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- Sdkfz 251 crew
- Crew atop a SdKfz 251 halftrack 2
- SdKfz 251 stuka zu fuss photo
- Sdkfz 251 interior
- Sd.Kfz. 251 Stuka Zu Fuss quipped with side mounted frames for launching Wurfrahmen 40 rockets
- SdKfz 251 photo
- SdKfz 251 3 ausf D
- SdKfz 251 Ausf B Russia
- Sdkfz 251 ausf A with mg34
- SdKfz 251/3 ausf D 2
- SdKfz 251/3 Russia
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- Sd kfz 251 ausf C
- SdKfz 251 ausf A half track
- Wehrmacht soldiers with SdKfz 251 armored halftrack
- SdKfz 251/3 ausf B
- SdKfz 251/3 ausf D
- SdKfz 251 ausf B in winter
- Sdkfz 251 armoured personnel carriers
- Sdkfz 251 Stuka Zu Fuss in action
- SdKfz 251/9 Stummel crew
- SdKfz 251 ausf C winter
- SdKfz 251/9 Ausf D Grossdeutchland division
- Sdkfz 251/8 Ausf D Krankenpanzerwagen (armoured ambulance) Panzer Abteilung 106 Feldherrnhalle
- SdKfz 251 Ausf B during Westfeldzug – campaing in Belgium and France in May 1940
- mittlere Schuetzenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf C Russia
- Sdkfz 251 ausf A armored fighting vehicle
- SdKfz 251 number 113
- SdKfz 251 France 1940 photo
- Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- SdKfz 251 ausf B armored halftrack Russia
- SdKfz 251 41 flammenwerfer
- SdKfz 251 Ausf C Funkpanzerwagen
- SdKfz 251/3 ausf D
- SdKfz 251/3 funk SPW
- Sd Kfz 251 Ausf C halftrack
- Sd.Kfz. 251/3 ausf D 6
- Hanomag SdKfz 251 ausf A
- Hanomag SdKfz 251
- Mittlerer Funk Panzerwagen Sd Kfz 251 Ausf C
- German halftracks SdKfz 251 Russia East front
- german half tracks SdKfz 251
- mittlere Schuetzenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.251 ausf A
- Halftrack Sd Kfz 251 Mittlerer Funkpanzerwagen
- SdKfz 251 winter
- Destroyed Sd.Kfz. 251 Armoured Personalcarrier
- SdKfz 251 interior photo
- Crew atop a Sd Kfz 251 halftrack
- mittlere Schuetzenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz.251) interior
Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz. 251 (HL KL 6p, Gerat 90) halftrack was an armored fighting vehicle designed and first built by the Hanomag company during World War II, and based on their earlier, unarmored Sd.Kfz. 11 vehicle. The SdKfz 251 Ausf A and B were superseded in 1940 by the SdKfz 251 Ausf C which was produced until late 1943. SdKfz 251 Ausf D was developed in order to simplify construction so that output could be increased as much as possible.
Production: 15252 units.
Variants:
- Sd.Kfz. 251/1 – Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen Gerat 901. Weight 9 tons, height: 2160 mm, crew: 11-12. Armament 1-2x MG34/42 (2010 rounds)
- 280 mm or 320 mm rocket launcher Wurfrahmen 40 “Stuka zu Fuss”. Crew: 7
- “Falke” fitted with infra red equipment for use with infra red Panther detachments.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/2 – Gerat 892, 81 mm Mortar (Granatwerfer), 66 rounds for the GrW34. Crew: 8, weight: 8640 kg
- Sd.Kfz. 251/3 – Gerat 893 mittlere Funkpanzerwagen (communications vehicle). 8 different types of radio equipment were carried by the SdKfz 251/3 depending upon the unit for which it was issued. Weight : 8500 kg, crew: 7, height: 1750 mm, Armament 2x MG34
- Sd.Kfz. 251/4 – Gerat 904 Zugpanzerwagen für IG 7,5 cm. Ammo carrier (120 rounds) and gun towing tractor. Weight: 8750 kg, crew: 7.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/5 – Gerat 905 Pionier Schützenpanzerwagen. Radio (FuG8 + 4) command vehicles for Pioneer platoons (Pionierzug). Weight: 8870 kg, crew: 9. Armament 2x MG34 (4800 rounds)
- Sd.Kfz. 251/6 – mittlere Funkpanzerwagen (Kommandopanzerwagen). Command vehicle. Crew: 8, weight: 8500 kg
- Sd.Kfz. 251/7 – Gerat 907 Pionierpanzerwagen. Assault engineer vehicle. Crew: 7-8, weight: 8070 kg
- Sd.Kfz. 251/8 – Gerat 908 Krankenpanzerwagen. Armoured ambulance (carrying up to 8 seated casualties or 4 seated casualties and 2 stetcher cases). Crew: 3, weight: 7470kg. Sometimes with FuG 5.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/9 – Gerat 909 “Stummel” Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm KwK37). Armed with a 75 mm L/24 gun (52 rounds). Crew: 3, weight: 8530 kg, height: 2070 mm.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/10 – Gerat 910 Schützenpanzerwagen (3.7 cm PaK). Armed with a 37 mm Pak 36/37 AT gun (168 rounds). Crew: 5-6, weight: 8020 kg, height: 2170 mm.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/11 – Gerat 911 Fernsprech panzerwagen. Telephone line layer ordered in January 1942 . Crew: 5, weight: 8050 kg, height: 2170 mm.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/12 – Gerat 912 Messtrupp und Gerätpanzerwagen. Survey and instrument carrier for artillery units. Crew: 6.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/13 – Gerat 913 Schallaufnahmepanzerwagen. Artillery sound recording equipment vehicle.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/14 – Gerat 914 Schallaufnahmepanzerwagen. Artillery sound recording equipment vehicle. Crew: 8, weight: 8500 kg, height: 2500 mm.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/15 – Gerat 915 Lichtauswertepanzerwagen. Artillery flash spotter vehicle.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/16 – Gerat 916 Flammpanzerwagen (flamethrower). Crew: 5, weight: 8620kg
- Sd.Kfz. 251/17 – Gerat 917 Schützenpanzerwagen (2 cm Flak 38 auf m. SPW). Anti-aircraft vehicle armed with a 2 cm KwK 38 gun (600 rounds). Crew: 4-6, weight: 8800 kg, height: 2250 mm.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/18 – Gerat 918 Beobachtungspanzerwagen. Artillery observation vehicle.Crew: 6, radio: FuG12
- Sd.Kfz. 251/19 – Gerat 919 Fernsprechbetriebspanzerwagen. Mobile telephone exchange vehicle.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/20 – “Uhu” Gerat 920 Schützenpanzerwagen (Infrarotscheinwerfer). Crew: 4. Command and observation vehicle of the infra red Panther platoons
- Sd.Kfz. 251/21 – Gerat 921 Schützenpanzerwagen (Drilling MG151s). Anti-aircraft variant equipped with a triple-mount of MG151/15 cannon, later being MG151/20 mm Luftwaffe cannon. Crew: 4-6. Ammo: 2000 rounds.
- Sd.Kfz. 251/22 – Gerat 922 7.5 cm PaK40 L/46 auf Mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen. Fitted with a 75 mm PaK 40 anti-tank gun (22 rounds). Crew: 4
- Sd.Kfz. 251/23 – Gerat 923 Schützenpanzerwagen (2 cm KwK). Crew: 4, gun: KwK 38 (100 rounds).
Bibliography:
- Kanonenwagen (Sd.Kfz.251/9) – Detlev Terlisten, Nuts & Bolts Vol.06
- Der mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz.251) – Walter E. Seifert, Waffen Arsenal – Special Band 32
- German Half-Tracks of World War Two – Frank V. De Sisto, Concord Armor At War 7054
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- Panzerbeobachtungswagen (Armored Observation Vehicles). Sd. Kfz. 253 to Pz. Beob. Wg. Panther – Thomas L. Jentz, Panzer Tracts No. 11-1
- Les semi-chenillés Mittlererpanzerkfraftwagen Sd. Kfz 251 – Centurytracks No.2, Editions Du Barbotin
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- Modelling the SdKfz 251 Halftrack – Osprey Modelling 6 2004
- Hanomag Sd.Kfz 251/1 APC – Walter J. Spielberger, Armour in Profile Number 18
- Sd Kfz 251 Vol.I/II – Wydawnictwo Militaria 286
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- SdKfz 251 Half-Track 1939-45 – Bruce Culver, Osprey New Vanguard 25
- Halbkettenfahrzeuge: German Half-track Vehicles 1939-1945 – J. Williamson, Almark Publishing, Wehrmacht illustrated No.4
- Schutzenpanzerwagen: War Horse of the Panzer Grenadiers – Horst Scheibert, Schiffer Publishing 1992
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