NationMaster - Encyclopedia: SdKfz 250

The SdKfz 250 was an armoured half track, similar in appearance to the larger Sdkfz 251, used by Nazi Germany in World War II. The metre (or meter) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 2526 wine gallons, which holds approximately 21000 pounds of water. ... A picture of a destroyed M113 armoured personnel carrier showing a section of the armour. ... Gasoline, as it is known in North America, or petrol, in many Commonwealth countries (sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... SdKfz 251 Ausf. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...

History

For both the 250 and 251, the initial designs had a body made of multiple angled plates which gave good protection against small arms fire. This made the design expensive to manufacture, and simplifications were made in later models.

Variants

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Mortar has several meanings: A mortar is a military weapon into which is dropped a mortar shell, which is then fired in a high ballistic trajectory. ...

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Kanonenwagen with a 75mm gun and a MG 34. The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG34, was a German machine gun first issued in 1934, considered by many to be the first modern general-purpose machine gun. ...

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with a 20 mm Maschinenkanone (Machine Cannon) coaxial with a MG34 in a low open topped turret similar to that of the SdkFz armoured cars. M242 Bushmaster autocannon on an M2 Bradley. ...

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with 37 mm PAK (Panzerabwehrkanone) The same antitank gun as used by the Wehrmacht early in the war. It was normally without protection shield,if any it was a small one.

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