Steyr 1500 A light truck

Steyr 1500 A/01 infantry carrier

Late Model Steyr 1500 A/02 Kommandeurwagen Kfz.21

12450 Steyr 1500 A vehicles were produced in Austria between 1941-44. Additional 5600 were made by co-producer Auto-Union’s Wanderer factory at Sigmar and Audi at Zwickau in Germany. Steyr 1500 A was produced in three main variants: light truck, infantry carrier and luxury command vehicle for high ranking officers (Kommandeurwagen Kfz.21). Some light trucks were mounted with bodies and were used as ambulances.

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Data and color photo was provided by Winkelbauer Thomas.

8.8cm Flak 18 Selbstfahrlafette auf Zugkraftwagen 12t

In 1939, order was placed by the Waffenamt to build 10 8.8cm Flak 18 auf Zgkw 12t. The vehicle was a Sd.Kfz.8 halftrack mounted with an armored cab and platform to mount the 88mm gun. The gun itself had limited traverse because of the low armored cab and could only be fully traversed with the gun elevated. These vehicles were to act as heavy anti-tank vehicles to be used also against fortified positions.First 10 vehicles were delivered in 1939 and were used by 8th Schwere Panzerjaegerabteilungin the Polish and French Campaign of 1939 and 1940.

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BMW R-12

BMW R-71 with Sidecar

BMW R-75 with Sidecar

Zündapp KS 750
 

3-ton Ford Type V 3000S

Vehicle shown is early type with fully rounded, stamped fenders. Later type called "new type" had flatter style fenders which consumed less raw material to manufacture. Construction of the style vehicle shown here began in Cologne in 1941.

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Photograph was provided by Brian Johnson and information by Mike Koenig.

Sd.Kfz.11

Sd.Kfz.11

Sd.Kfz.11

Sd.Kfz.11 was produced from 1937 and remained in production till 1945. Some 25000 (9028 from 1939 to 1945) were produced by Hansa-Lloyd, Hanomag, Adler, Borgward, Horch and Skoda. They were used to tow light 105mm howitzers and 75mm Pak 40 guns. From 1939, some 16000 of the chassis produced were used for mittlere Schuetzenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz.251 - medium personnel carriers. According to German documentation, cost of single Sd.Kfz.11 was 22000 RM. Sd.Kfz.11 was produced in some five specialized variants. There were 1938 in service as of March 1st of 1945.

Sd.Kfz.11 was also produced in following variants:

Color photograph was provided and is property of Geoffrey Zimmer.

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Sd.Kfz.7/2

The Sd.Kfz. 7/2 was a standard Sd.Kfz. 7 halftrack mounted with a special superstructure to allow installation of a fully traversible 37mm Flak 36 anti-aircraft gun. The vehicle was designated as 3.7cm Flak 36/37/43 auf Selbstfahrlafette (Sd.Kfz. 7/2), depending on the model of 37mm gun used. The maximum rate of fire for the 37mm gun depended on the model and ranged from 160 to 360 rounds per minute. The guns were fitted with Flakvisier 36 and, later, with Flakvisier 40 gun sights and could be traversed 360 degrees by hand. Flak 36 and 37 guns could be elevated from -8 to +85 degrees, while the Flak 43 could be elevated from -10 to +90 degrees. The crew was composed of seven men-a gun commander, five gunners and a driver. The vehicle carried 120 rounds of 37mm ammunition. An additional 432 rounds were towed in a special single-axle trailer-the Sonder Anhaenger 57. Production of the Sd.Kfz. 7/2 started in 1942 and some 1,000 vehicles were built by January/February 1945. They were issued to Flak units of the Luftwaffe. There were 123 Sd.Kfz. 7/2 vehicles in service with the German Army as of March 1st 1945. From 1943, some vehicles were fitted with lightly armored driver’s cabs and plate protecting the engine compartment. The armor was 8mm thick. The vehicles armed with the Flak 43 had an armored gun shield as well. Just as Sd.Kfz. 7/1, Sd.Kfz. 7/2 were used to protect armored units against low-flying aircraft but were also often used against ground targets.

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leichte Gepanzerte Beobachtungskraftwagen Sd.Kfz.253

This light armored observation post was based on Sd.Kfz.10 and later on Sd.Kfz.250. 285 were produced by Demag and Wegmann from March 1940 to June 1941. First 25 were produced from March to June of 1940 and saw service with Sturmartillerie Batterien (Assault Gun / Stug Batteries) in France in 1940. Later on Sd.Kfz.253 saw service with assault artillery batteries on the Eastern Front.

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leichte Gepanzerte Munitionskraftwagen Sd.Kfz.252 & Stug III

leichte Gepanzerte Munitionskraftwagen Sd.Kfz.252 & PzKpfw T-34(r)

leichte Gepanzerte Munitionskraftwagen Sd.Kfz.252

leichte Gepanzerte Munitionskraftwagen Sd.Kfz.252

leichte Gepanzerte Munitionskraftwagen Sd.Kfz.252

Sd.Kfz.252 was a light armored ammunition carrier designed for Sturmartillerie batteries. Some 413 were produced by Demag/Wegmann from June of 1940 and then by Deutsche Werke from January of 1941 until September of 1941. All were issued to Sturmartillerie batteries. In order to increase the load carried by Sd.Kfz.252, Wegmann produced ungepanzerter Munitionsanhänger Sonder Anhänger (Sd Anh) 32/A trailer, which carried additional 36 rounds of 75mm ammunition. Sd.Kfz.252 was eventually replaced by Sd.Kfz.250/6.

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