Now it's the self propelled guns' turn to be updated.Sunday, March 21, 2010
Main Menu Germany's schwerer Wehrmachtsschlepper, sWS, Gerät 71 half track updated
Now for the last of the German half tracks to make updates to in this go around, the sWS. The sWS was to be a cheaply made half track and almost 900 were built.
Germany's SdKfz 9 schwerer Zugkraftwagen 18t half track updated
The largest half track of World War II was the SdKfz 9. A pair of SdKfz 9s could even tow a Tiger.
Germany's SdKfz 8 schwerer Zugkraftwagen 12t half track updated and photo added
A new day, another half track updated. The SdKfz 8 was a heavier half track that was used to tow large artillery. There were also a few that had an 88 mm gun mounted on them.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf "Maultier" (Opel) half track updated
The Germans decided that they need a mobile platform for their 15cm Nebelwerfer rocket launchers. They were put onto the Maultier half track and became the 15cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf "Maultier" SdKfz 4/1. Around 300 were build with a similar number of Munitionskraftwagen für Nebelwerfer, that carried the rocket ammunition.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Germany's SdKfz 251 mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen half tracks updating
I've just started working on making updates to the SdKfz 251 half tracks page, but I have guests in town so the update will have to wait.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Germany's SdKfz 250 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen, half track updated and photos added
The Germans produced around 7,000 of the different SdKfz 250 half tracks and variants during World War II. Their many variants ran the gambit from simple soldier carriers, munition carriers, all the way up to mounting a 75 mm gun.