Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks

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German half-track armored personnel carrier World War II military vehicle armored fighting vehicle

The Sd.Kfz. 251 was a German World War II armored half-track personnel carrier widely used by Wehrmacht and Panzergrenadier units for transporting infantry into battle.

Aliases (15)

Sd.Kfz. 251 ×50
Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track chassis ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/1 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/1 standard armored personnel carrier ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/10 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/16 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/16 flamethrower vehicle ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/2 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/2 mortar carrier ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/3 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/7 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/7 engineer vehicle ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/9 ×1
Sd.Kfz. 251/9 assault gun with short 7.5 cm gun ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German half-track armored personnel carrier → World War II military vehicle → armored fighting vehicle →
armament	7.92 mm MG34 machine gun → 7.92 mm MG42 machine gun →
armorThicknessRange	6–14.5 mm →
armorType	light armor →
basedOn	Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track chassis →
chassisType	half-track →
countryOfOrigin	Nazi Germany →
crew	2 →
designedBy	Hanomag →
designedFor	transporting infantry into battle →
driveLayout	front wheels steering with rear tracks drive →
engineType	Maybach HL42 six-cylinder petrol engine →
enteredService	1939 →
frontEngine	true →
hasVariant	Sd.Kfz. 251/1 → Sd.Kfz. 251/10 → Sd.Kfz. 251/16 → Sd.Kfz. 251/2 → Sd.Kfz. 251/3 → Sd.Kfz. 251/7 → Sd.Kfz. 251/9 →
influenced	postwar armored personnel carrier concepts →
introduced	late 1930s →
manufacturer	Büssing-NAG → Hanomag →
numberBuilt	over 15,000 →
openTop	true →
passengerCapacity	10 →
primaryRole	armored personnel carrier → infantry transport →
successor	Schützenpanzerwagen (SPW) designs postwar →
totalCapacity	12 →
usedBy	Panzergrenadier units → Waffen-SS → Wehrmacht →
usedInConflict	World War II →
usedOnFront	Eastern Front → North African campaign → Western Front →
usedUntil	1945 →
variantRole	Sd.Kfz. 251/1 standard armored personnel carrier → Sd.Kfz. 251/10 platoon leader vehicle with 3.7 cm PaK → Sd.Kfz. 251/16 flamethrower vehicle → Sd.Kfz. 251/2 mortar carrier → Sd.Kfz. 251/3 command and radio vehicle → Sd.Kfz. 251/7 engineer vehicle → Sd.Kfz. 251/9 assault gun with short 7.5 cm gun →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/1") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/2") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/3") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/7") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/9") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/10") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/16") →	hasVariant
Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/1 standard armored personnel carrier") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/2 mortar carrier") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/7 engineer vehicle") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/9 assault gun with short 7.5 cm gun") → Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 251/16 flamethrower vehicle") →	variantRole
Sd.Kfz. 251 ("Sd.Kfz. 11 half-track chassis") →	basedOn
German Afrika Korps →	equipment
Heer ("Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track") →	usedEquipment