Service Data:
In Service: 1939 to 1943
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Borgward,
Büssing-NAG,
Hanomag,
MNH,
Schichau,
Weserhütte,
Wumag
Chassis No: 221001- 540001- 625001- 320001- 720001-
725001- 796001- 811001-
Number built: 4,650 all variants
Technical Data:
Type:
Crew: 5 men
Length: 5.8 m
Width: 2.1 m
Height: 1.75 m
Weight: 7,810 kg
Fuel Capacity: 160 liters
Engine: 1 ×
Maybach
HL 42 TUKRM 6 cylinder inline liquid cooled petrol engine
producing up to 100 hp at 3,000 rpm
Gearbox: 4 × 2 forward 1 × 2 reverse
Speed: road 53 km/h cross country km/h
Range: road 300 km cross country km
Armament:
1 ×
2
cm KwK 38 L/55
1 ×
7.92
mm MG 42 machine gun
Ammunition:
main 100 rounds
secondary 1,100 rounds
Armour: 6 mm to 14.5 mm
Electronics: FuG Spr f
Operators: Heer
Variants:
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. A
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. B
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D (IR)
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. B Wurfrahmen 40
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. C Wurfrahmen 40
Sd.Kfz. 251 Ausf. D Wurfrahmen 40
Sd.Kfz. 251/2 Ausf. C Granatwerfer
Sd.Kfz. 251/2 Ausf. D Granatwerfer
Sd.Kfz. 251/3 Ausf. B
Sd.Kfz. 251/3 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/3 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/4 Ausf. A
Sd.Kfz. 251/4 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/5 Ausf. B
Sd.Kfz. 251/5 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/6 Ausf. A with built up structure
Sd.Kfz. 251/6 Ausf. A
Sd.Kfz. 251/6 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/7 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/7 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/8 Ausf. A
Sd.Kfz. 251/8 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/8 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/9 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/9 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/10 Ausf. A
Sd.Kfz. 251/10 Ausf. B
Sd.Kfz. 251/10 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/10 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/11 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/12
Sd.Kfz. 251/13
Sd.Kfz. 251/14
Sd.Kfz. 251/15 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/16 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/16 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/17 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/17 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/18
Sd.Kfz. 251/19
Sd.Kfz. 251/20
Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Ausf. C
Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/22 Ausf. D
Sd.Kfz. 251/23 Ausf. C
Other: Halftracks
Articles:
History:
The Sd.Kfz. 251/23 mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen (2 cm) KwK 38 Ausf. C was based on the same chassis as
Sd.Kfz. 11
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Military Vehicles.
ISBN-10: 087349783X
Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Germany World War II.
ISBN-10: 0214203077
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World Two.
ISBN-10: 1854095188
For a complete list of
sources
