Sd.Kfz. 250 - Variants

Variants

Sd.Kfz. 250/1 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen

The standard troop carrier.

Sd.Kfz. 250/2 leichter Fernsprechpanzerwagen

Equipped with cable-laying gear.

Sd.Kfz. 250/3 leichter Funkpanzerwagen

Command variant, equipped with radio equipment and "bedstead" aerial frame.

Sd.Kfz. 250/3-I (Fu 7, Fu 18) (Luftwaffe)

Sd.Kfz. 250/3-II (Fu 5, Fu.Spr. f)

Sd.Kfz. 250/3-III (Fu 8, Fu 4, Fu.Spr. f)

Sd.Kfz. 250/3-IV (Fu 8, Fu.Spr. f)

Sd.Kfz. 250/3-V (Fu 12, Fu.Spr. f)

Sd.Kfz. 250/4

• Sd.Kfz. 250/4 leichter Truppenluftschutzpanzerwagen

Antiaircraft variant armed with a dual MG34, never reached production.

• Sd.Kfz. 250/4 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen

Observation vehicle for a Sturmgeschütz detachment.

Sd.Kfz. 250/5 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen

Command variant with additional radio equipment.

Sd.Kfz. 250/6 leichter Munitionspanzerwagen

Ammunition carrier for assault guns.

• Sd.Kfz. 250/6 Ausf A

carried 70 rounds for 75 mm StuK 37 L/24 gun.

• Sd.Kfz. 250/6 Ausf B

carried 60 rounds for 75 mm StuK 40 L/48 gun.

Sd.Kfz. 250/7

• Sd.Kfz. 250/7 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (schwerer Granatwerfer)

With 81 mm Mortar.

• Sd.Kfz. 250/7 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (Munitionsfahrzeug)'

Ammunition transporter, carried 66 rounds for 81 mm mortar.

Sd.Kfz. 250/8 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm)

Support variant armed with a 7.5cm KwK 37 L/24 gun and an MG 34.

Sd.Kfz. 250/9 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (2 cm)

Reconnaissance variant with a 2 cm KwK 38 autocannon coaxial with an MG34 or MG42 in a low, open-topped turret identical to the Sd.Kfz.-222 armoured car (early version) and the Sd.Kfz.-234/1 armoured car (late version).

Sd.Kfz. 250/10 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (3.7 cm PaK)

Reconnaissance platoon leader's variant with 3.7 cm PaK 35/36. This was the same antitank gun used in a towed mode early in the war. It was normally without protection shield, if any it was a small one.

Sd.Kfz. 250/11 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (schwere Panzerbüchse 41)

With 2.8 cm sPzB 41 heavy anti-tank rifle and an MG-34.

Sd.Kfz. 250/12 leichter Messtruppanzerwagen

Survey and artillery range spotting vehicle.

Sd.Kfz. 252 leichter gepanzerter Munitionskraftwagen

Ammunition carrier for Sturmgeschütz.

Sd.Kfz. 253 leichter gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen

Artillery forward observer vehicle, with fully enclosed armoured body and artillery radios.