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21-07-2015, 01:42

Other specialised Sd Kfz 251 vehicles

Another series of Sd Kfz 251 variants that served with German panzergrenadier units were command and control vehicles. One such vehicle was the Sd Kfz 251/6 Kommandopanzerwagen command vehicle. Produced only in small numbers, the Sd Kfz 251/6 was a dedicated senior officer’s vehicle, designed to be used solely by divisional and corps commanders. Consequently, the vehicle’s interior

SdKfz 251/20 ‘Uhu’

Crew: 5

Maximum road speed: 52.5km/h (32.5mph) Maximum range: 300km (186 miles)

Weight: 7810kg (17,2181b)

Equipment: One infra-red searchlight

Above: Watched by members of the pioneer section of the panzergrenadiers aboard a Sd Kfz 251/7, the rest of the squad clear a fallen tree. A number of pioneer vehicles accompanied the regular panzergrenadiers to deal with such events.

Contained office facilities such as enciphering equipment and a fold-down map table. In addition, this vehicle carried several powerful communications systems. Similar APC command variants employed by the panzergrenadiers included the Sd Kfz 251/3 Funkwagen radio vehicle, the Sd Kfz 251/11 Fernsprechwagen telephone line laying vehicle, and the Sd Kfz 251/19 telephone exchange vehicle.