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The Leichter Panzerspähwagen (roughly "Light Amoured Vehicle") were a series of light 4 x 4 armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944. Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ...
Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
They were developed by Eisenwerk Weserhütte of Bad Oeynhausen. Chassis were built by Auto Union in Zwickau and assembled by F. Schichau of Elbing and Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen in Hannover-Linden. Auto Union was the joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony during the Great Depression. ...
It used the standard sPkw I Horch 801 (heavy car) chassis with an angled armoured body and turret.
The rear mounted engine was a 90 horsepower (67 kW) Horch 3.5 petrol engine, giving it a road speed of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a cross-country speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). It had a maximum range of 185 miles (300 km). Petrol pumps in Germany Petrol (commonly known as gasoline in North America, and sometimes also called motor spirit) is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting primarily of hydrocarbons, used as fuel in internal combustion engines. ...
Armour
Front and sides were made of 8 mm steel; thinner 5 mm plates protected the top, rear, and bottom. Cast vision ports later replaced ports cut into the armour. The open topped turret was fitted with wire mesh anti-grenade screens. RHA stands for Rolled Homogeneous Armour. ...
Turret (highlighted) attached to a tower on a baronial building in Scotland In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, such as a medieval castle or baronial house. ...
The word grenade can mean:- The well-known hand grenade commonly used by soldiers. ...
Variants
SdKfz 221 Base model armed with a single 7.92mm MG34. MG34 The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG34, was a German machine gun that went into production and was accepted for serivce in 1934 and first issued to units in 1935. ...
SdKfz 222 Armed with a 20 mm autocannon and a 7.92mm MG34 machine gun. A third crew member as the gunner, relieving the commander of that task. A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...
SdKfz 223 A radio car version, armed like the 221 with a 7.92 mm machine gun. Included additional radio equipment, and had a large "bed-frame" antenna over the vehicle. Over 500 of the SdKfz 223 were produced.
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