Half-Track Armoured Vehicles

INTRODUCTION

the origins of half-track vehicles as such

development during World War I and the interwar period

use of half-track chassis as mounts for various weapons

Sd.Kfz. 6

artillery prime mover with a 5-tonne towing capacity

variant with the 37 mm Flak 36 anti-aircraft cannon

variant with the ex-Soviet F-22 cannon of 76.2 mm

Sd.Kfz. 7

artillery prime mover with an 8-tonne towing capacity

variant with the quadruple 20 mm Flakvierling 38

variant with a 37 mm anti-aircraft cannon

Sd.Kfz. 8

artillery prime mover with a 12-tonne towing capacity

variant with an 88 mm anti-aircraft cannon

originally most likely intended for bunker busting

Sd.Kfz. 9

artillery prime mover with an 18-tonne towing capacity

variant with an 88 mm anti-aircraft cannon

originally conceived as a tank destroyer for the Afrikakorps

Sd.Kfz. 10

artillery prime mover with a 1-tonne towing capacity

versions with two types of 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon

in armoured and unarmoured variants

Sd.Kfz. 11

artillery prime mover with a 3-tonne towing capacity

variant with the 20 mm Flak 38 anti-aircraft cannon

variant with three MG151/15 anti-aircraft machine guns

Sd.Kfz. 250

multi-purpose half-tracked armoured vehicle

based on a shortened Sd.Kfz. 10 prime mover chassis

production variants and unofficial field conversions

Sd.Kfz. 251

the legendary armoured personnel carrier known as "Hakl"

based on a modified Sd.Kfz. 11 prime mover chassis

all production generations and purpose-built variants

Sd.Kfz. 252

half-tracked armoured ammunition carrier

designed to resupply Sturmgeschütz III assault guns

based on a shortened Sd.Kfz. 10 prime mover chassis

Sd.Kfz. 253

half-tracked armoured observation and fire control vehicle

designed to support Sturmgeschütz III assault guns

based on a shortened Sd.Kfz. 10 prime mover chassis

PANZERWERFER 42

self-propelled ten-barrel 150 mm rocket launcher

built on the Opel Maultier truck chassis

with a fully armoured cab and hull

SCHWERER WEHRMACHTSCHLEPPER

next-generation artillery and cargo prime mover

variant with the 37 mm Flak 43 anti-aircraft cannon

variant with a ten-barrel 150 mm rocket launcher

3,7cm SELBSTFAHRLAFETTE L/70

unrealised half-track tank destroyer project

armed with a 37 mm cannon in a rotating turret

only a single prototype built in 1936

7,5cm SELBSTFAHRLAFETTE L/40,8

unrealised half-track tank destroyer project

armed with a 75 mm cannon in a rotating turret

only a few evaluation prototypes were built

PANZERSELBSTFAHRLAFETTE II

unrealised half-track tank destroyer project

armed with a 75 mm cannon in a rotating turret

two built prototypes actually saw combat in Africa

HKp 6.03

next-generation armoured infantry carrier

developed as a successor to the older Sd.Kfz. 251

never entered series production

10,5cm leFH 18 auf HKl 6p

prototype half-tracked self-propelled howitzer

Sd.Kfz. 251 armoured personnel carrier chassis

armed with the leFH 18 light howitzer of 105 mm

FLAKWAGEN MB L 4500 R

unofficial conversion of a truck into a fighting vehicle

half-tracked Mercedes-Benz L 4500 R chassis

armed with the 37 mm Flak 36 anti-aircraft cannon

SCHÜTZENPANZER UNIC P107

armoured personnel carrier from Baukommando Becker

built on the French Unic P 107 prime mover chassis

three variants with different armament

7,5cm Pak auf SOMUA MCG

improvised tank destroyer from Baukommando Becker

built on the French Somua prime mover chassis

armed with the 75 mm Pak 40 anti-tank gun

REIHENWERFER SOMUA

self-propelled multi-barrel 80 mm mortar

another creation of the Baukommando Becker

built on French Somua prime mover chassis

VIELFACHWERFER SOMUA

self-propelled multiple rocket launcher

created by the legendary Baukommando Becker

built on the French Somua prime mover chassis