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SdKfz 6 (Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5 t Büssing-NAG Typ BN9 – Sonderkraftfahrzeug 6) was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
Variants:
Sd.Kfz. 6/1 – artillery variant used for towing various guns.
Sd.Kfz. 6/2 – 3.7cm FlaK36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5t. AA Sd.Kfz. 6 armed with a 3,7 cm Flakvierling 36 (traverse: 360°, elevation: -8° +85°). The rear superstructure of the Sd.Kfz. 6 was designed for the Flak 36 so that the sides folded down to provide an adequate platform for 360° traverse. Ammo was carried in a special single axle trailer. Production: 339.
Sd.Kfz. 6/3 – 7.62 cm FK36(r) auf Panzerjäger Selbstfahrlafette Zugkraftwagen 5t. SdKfz 6 armed with a captured Soviet 76,2 mm field gun F-22 (german designation: FK36(r) or FK296(r) ) in an armored superstructure. Traverse: 30° right and left; armor: 10 mm, crew: 5, production: 9.
Bibliography:
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- Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette II 7,5 cm Kanone L/41 auf Zugkraftwagen 5t from Afrika Korps
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- SdKfz 6/2 with trailer
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- SdKfz 6/2 of the Waffen SS in action
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- SdKfz 6/2 half-tracks on firing position
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- Flak half-track SdKfz 6/2
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- SdKfz 6 WH-240326 of the Artillerie-Regiment 75 in Eberswalde 1939
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- SdKfz 6 of the 3. Panzer-Division
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- SdKfz 6/2 of the Luftwaffe
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- SdKfz 6/3 of the Afrika Korps
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- FlaK36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5t SdKfz 6/2
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- Early SdKfz 6 halftrack
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- SdKfz 6/1 mit artillerie-aufbau
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- SdKfz 6 and 10,5 cm leFH 18 Eastern Front 1941
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- sdkfz 6/2 with 37mm flak 36
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- German Troops in SdKfz 6 Towing 10,5 cm leFH 18 in Prague 1939
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- Bussing-NAG mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5to SdKfz 6 Halftrack front view
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- German SdKfz 6/1 5 ton Medium Artillery Halftrack towing gun eastern front 1941
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- Bussing-NAG 5t Zugkraftwagen Sd.Kfz. 6 WH-24980
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- Sd.Kfz. 6 mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5t
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- mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5t Sdkfz 6/1 side view
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- mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5t SdKfz 6
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- SdKfz 6/1 German 5ton medium halftrack
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- German medium halftrack SdKfz 6/1 towing gun
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- Wehrmacht soldiers next to a SdKfz 6/1 artillery halftrack
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- wehrmacht halftrack SdKfz 6
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- Wehrmacht medium halftrack SdKfz 6/1 towing a 10,5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 18
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- wehrmacht halftrack SdKfz 6
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- medium halftrack SdKfz 6 rail transport
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- wehrmacht halftrack SdKfz 6
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- Wehrmacht medium halftrack SdKfz 6
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- German WW2 medium halftrack SdKfz 6 with trailer
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- Wehrmacht medium halftrack Sd.Kfz. 6 – 2
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- SdKfz 6 5ton Halftrack
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- Selbstfahrlafette Sd.Kfz. 6/2 auf Fahrgestell des m. Zgkw 5t mit 3,7cm Flak 36 – AA halftrack
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- France 1940 near Sedan Zugkraftwagen 5to SdKfz 6
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- Wehrmacht soldiers standing next to a SdKfz 6
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- German halftrack Sd.Kfz. 6 during trials
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- Sdkfz 6 german halftrack
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- Sdkfz 6 German halftrack
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- Early SdKfz 7 with trailer
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- Halftrack Sdkfz 6/1 Zugkraftwagen 5 t mit Artillerie-Aufbau
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- Early Sdkfz 6 halftrack
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- Destroyed Sd.Kfz. 6 – Sd.Kfz. 6/2 Selbstfahrlafette 3,7 cm FlaK 36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5 t
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- Early Sdkfz 7 medium halftrack
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- German halftrack Sd.Kfz. 6
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- SdKfz 6 anti aircraft variant – Sd.Kfz. 6/2 Selbstfahrlafette 3,7 cm FlaK 36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5 t
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- Sdkfz 6 halftrack
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- Sd.Kfz. 6/2 Selbstfahrlafette 3,7-cm FlaK 36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5 t – self propelled anti aircraft gun
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- Sdkfz 6 German medium halftrack
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- The charred remnants of a German anti-aircraft halftrack Sd.Kfz. 6/2
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- German SdKfz 6/2 – FlaK36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5t (Sd.Kfz. 6/2)
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- Sdkfz 6/1 halftrack – artillery version
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- German medium half track SdKfz 6/1
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- German halftrack Sdkfz 7
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- Sdkfz 6/1 German medium halftrack
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- Mud covered wehrmacht SdKfz 6
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- Self propelled anti aircraft gun sdkfz 6/2 with trailer
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- German medium halftrack Sdkfz 7 towing Flak 88
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- German medium halftrack Sdkfz 7 towing gun
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- german half tracks Sd.kfz. 6/2 flak36 37mm
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- German Army SdKfz 6 halftrack vehicle
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- Sdkfz 6 halftrack
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- Early Sd.kfz. 7, side view
SdKfz 6 (Mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 5 t Büssing-NAG Typ BN9 – Sonderkraftfahrzeug 6) was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
Variants:
Sd.Kfz. 6/1 – artillery variant used for towing various guns.
Sd.Kfz. 6/2 – 3.7cm FlaK36 auf Fahrgestell Zugkraftwagen 5t. AA Sd.Kfz. 6 armed with a 3,7 cm Flakvierling 36 (traverse: 360°, elevation: -8° +85°). The rear superstructure of the Sd.Kfz. 6 was designed for the Flak 36 so that the sides folded down to provide an adequate platform for 360° traverse. Ammo was carried in a special single axle trailer. Production: 339.
Sd.Kfz. 6/3 – 7.62 cm FK36(r) auf Panzerjäger Selbstfahrlafette Zugkraftwagen 5t. SdKfz 6 armed with a captured Soviet 76,2 mm field gun F-22 (german designation: FK36(r) or FK296(r) ) in an armored superstructure. Traverse: 30° right and left; armor: 10 mm, crew: 5, production: 9.
Bibliography:
- Die Zugkraftwagen der deutschen Wehrmacht 1 t – 5 t (Sd. Kfz. 10, Sd. Kfz 11 und Sd. Kfz 6) – Walter E. Seifert, Waffen-Arsenal Special Band 39
- mZgkw 5t, Sd Kfz 6 – Wydawnictwo Militaria 287, 2007 (Polish/English)
- German Half-Tracks of World War Two – Frank V. De Sisto, Concord Armor At War 7054
- Die mittleren Zugkraftwagen der Wehrmacht 1934-1945 – Reinhard Frank, Waffen-Arsenal 134, Podzun-Pallas-Verlag 1992
- Halbkettenfahrzeuge: German Half-track Vehicles 1939-1945 – J. Williamson, Almark Publishing, Wehrmacht illustrated No.4
- German Half-Tracked Vehicles of World War 2: Unarmoured Support Vehicles of the German Army 1933-45 – John Milsom, Arms & Armour Press 1975
- Die Halbkettenfahrzeuge des Deutschen Heeres 1909 – 1945 – Walter J. Spielberger, Motorbuch Verlag 1993
- Halbketten-Fahrzeuge – Uwe Feist , Das Waffen-Arsenal Band 8 (german)