SdKfz 234 Puma Armored Car (HD)
The German army has also sent an armed fire support vehicle with a limited number of cross-howitzer 75mm designated 233 8-Rad Due to the size of the howitzer was mounted in an opening mounting on the upper part of the superstructure of the vehicle Total production was 976 vehicles from 1936 and ending in 1943.
Combat experience gained during the invasions of Poland and France identified several significant performance gaps in armored cars to eight German wheels In response, an eight-wheeled improvement program based on a new set of requirements began in August 1940 result was slightly larger and heavier series of eight-wheeled armored vehicle designated 234 8-Rad new versions have 19 feet 9 inches long, 7 feet 9 inches wide and 6 feet 10 inches height.
The main features of the 234 series 8-Rad included Czech-built diesel engines, one piece shells, better protection armor, and large low-pressure tires These huge tires gave the cross-country mobility superior German vehicle compared to the previous generation of German armored vehicles or eight wheels.
Each of four different versions of the armored car to eight wheels feature a different arming redesigned 234 which 1200 were constructed, had an open top turret with a gun of 20 mm and a coaxial machine gun 7 92 mm The 234 2, officially known as the Puma Cougar, introduced a fully enclosed turret armed with a 50 mm cannon and coaxial machine gun 7 92 mm only 101 examples of Puma were built between September 1943 and September 1944.
The 234 3 had a howitzer of 75 mm mounted in an open roof, limited crossed up at the end of 1944, Hitler ordered the 234 3 vehicle placed shot dead a 75 mm gun in its new configuration, the German vehicle designated 234 4 which only 89 were built between December 1944 and March 1945.
The German army has also sent an armored car with four wheels light This vehicle, designated Kfz 13, was a makeshift vehicle based on the chassis of a car passenger four-wheel This simple open-top vehicle 2 with 1 ton two crew man and motor before first appearance in 1932 production would end in 1934 with a total output of 147 vehicles It was 13 feet 9 inches long, 5 feet 7 inches wide and 4 feet 11 inches height.
The control variant was a German vehicle three men appointed Kfz 14 Both versions saw service during the invasion of Poland in September 1939, a handful serve in the invasion of France in May 1940 before being fired the service.
The replacement of the Kfz 13 and 14 was the armored car designated 221, which was based on the chassis of an existing engine-rear, four-wheel German passenger car wheel four-wheel weighed 4 tons and had a crew of two men it was 15 feet 9 inches long, 6 feet 5 inches wide and 5 feet 7 inches in height.
Armament is composed of a single gun 7 of 92 mm in a top turret open another version, designated 222, carrying a 20mm cannon mounted on turret 7 and a coaxial machine gun of 92 mm The turret 222 is also open to the above.
A wire mesh screen into two parts on the open top prevented hand grenades to enter the German army Three unarmed radio vehicles, designated 260, 261 and 223, finished the series The total production of these light armored vehicles was 2,370 units between 1935 and early 1944.
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