List of Sd.Kfz. designations

Sonderkraftfahrzeug (abbreviated Sd.Kfz.,[1] German for "special purpose vehicle") was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany during World War II for military vehicles; for example Sd.Kfz. 101 for the Panzer I.

Sd.Kfz. numbers were assigned to armored, tracked, and half-tracked vehicles in military service with Nazi Germany prior to and during World War II.

Sd.Kfz. numbering system

There were no strict rules regarding number series. For example, the Pz Kpfw II Ausf. L was designed and named as a reconnaissance vehicle, yet was placed in the 100-series rather than the 200-series. Overall, the vehicles were placed in these categories:

  • Sd.Kfz. 1 to 99: Unarmoured half-tracked vehicles
  • Sd.Kfz. 100 to 199: Tanks and tank variants, such as tank destroyers and self-propelled artillery
  • Sd.Kfz. 200 to 299: Reconnaissance vehicles, armoured cars, armored personnel carriers, and command tanks
  • Sd.Kfz. 300 and above: Mine-clearing and demolition charge laying vehicles

Designations

Sd.Kfz. 1 to 99
Kettenkrad Sd.Kfz. 2 in Russia
  • Sd.Kfz. 2 (Kettenkrad light half-track "tracked motorcycle")
    • Sd.Kfz. 2/1 (Field cable-laying variant for long distance field cable Feldfernkabel)
    • Sd.Kfz. 2/2 (Field cable-laying variant for heavy field cable Schweres Feldkabel)
  • Sd.Kfz. 3 - Maultier half-track cargo vehicle
    Sd.Kfz. 3 (Maultier) unloaded from a Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" transport aircraft
    • Sd.Kfz. 3a (Maultier based on 2-ton Opel trucks)
    • Sd.Kfz. 3b (Maultier based on 2-ton Ford trucks)
    • Sd.Kfz. 3c (Maultier based on 2-ton Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz trucks)
  • Sd.Kfz. 4 (Maultier based on 4.5-ton trucks)
  • Sd.Kfz. 6 (5-ton medium halftrack for engineers)
    Sd.Kfz. 6
  • Sd.Kfz. 7 (8-ton medium half-track)
    • Sd.Kfz. 7/1 (self-propelled 20 mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 7/2 (self-propelled 37 mm antiaircraft gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 7/6 (variant for anti-aircraft range finding)
  • Sd.Kfz. 8 (12-ton heavy half-track)
    Sd.Kfz. 8 half-track towing Gotha Go 242 glider
  • Sd.Kfz. 9 (18-ton heavy half-track)
    • Sd.Kfz. 9/1 (halftrack mounted 6 ton crane)
    • Sd.Kfz. 9/2 (halftrack mounted 10 ton crane)
  • Sd.Kfz. 10 (1-ton light halftrack)
    Sd.Kfz. 10
    • Sd.Kfz. 10/1 (light gas detection vehicle)
    • Sd.Kfz. 10/2 (light decontamination vehicle)
    • Sd.Kfz. 10/3 (light decontamination sprayer vehicle)
    • Sd.Kfz. 10/4 (self-propelled 20 mm FlaK 30 antiaircraft gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 10/5 (self-propelled 20 mm FlaK 38 antiaircraft gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 11 (3-ton light halftrack)
    Sd.Kfz. 11
    • Sd.Kfz. 11/1 - carrier for 10 cm Nebelwerfer 35 and 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 mortars
      • Sd.Kfz. 11/1 - designation re-issued in 1944: self-propelled 20 mm FlaK 38 antiaircraft gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 11/2 -medium decontamination vehicle
    • Sd.Kfz. 11/3 -medium decontamination spraying vehicle
    • Sd.Kfz. 11/4 -smoke-generation vehicle
    • Sd.Kfz. 11/5 -medium gas detection vehicle

Sd.Kfz. 100 to 199
  • Sd.Kfz. 101 Panzer I Ausf. A and B light tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 111 Panzer I ammunition carrier variant
  • Sd.Kfz. 121 Panzer II Ausf. A to F light tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 122 Panzer II (Flamm) flamethrower tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 123 Panzer II Ausf. L "Luchs" reconnaissance tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 124 Wespe self-propelled 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer on Panzer II chassis
  • Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II self-propelled 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun on Panzer II chassis
  • Sd.Kfz. 132 Marder II self-propelled Soviet 76.2 mm antitank gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 135 - Marder I Panzerjäger tank destroyer on captured French Lorraine 37L tracked carrier
    • Sd.Kfz. 135/1 (self-propelled 150 mm howitzer)
  • Sd.Kfz. 138 (Marder III self-propelled 75 mm anti-tank gun)
    Marder III (Sd.Kfz. 138) had either a Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 field gun, or German 7.5 cm PaK 40 on a Panzer 38(t) chassis
  • Sd.Kfz. 139 - Marder III self-propelled 76.2 mm anti-tank gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 140 - Flakpanzer 38(t) (Flakpanzer 38(t) auf Selbstfahrlafette 38(t) Ausf M) self-propelled 20 mm anti-aircraft gun on a Panzer 38(t) chassis
    • Sd.Kfz. 140/1 - armored reconnaissance vehicle based on the Panzer 38(t)
  • Sd.Kfz. 141 - Panzer III medium tank with 37 mm or 50 mm L/42 main gun
    Panzer III (Sd.Kfz. 141) Ausf H with short 5cm KwK 38 gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 141/1 - Panzer III medium tank with 50 mm L/60 main gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 141/2 - Panzer III medium tank with short-barrelled 75 mm KwK 37 main gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 142 - StuG III assault gun with 75 mm L/24 main gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 142/1 - StuG III assault gun with 75 mm L/43 or L/48 main gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 142/2 - StuH 42 assault gun with 105 mm L/28 main gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 143 - Panzer III based artillery observation post
  • Sd.Kfz. 161 - Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/24 main gun
    Panzer IV Sd.Kfz. 161 with Schurzen side skirts
    • Sd.Kfz. 161/1 - Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/43 main gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 161/2 - Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/48 main gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 161/3 - Möbelwagen self-propelled 37 mm antiaircraft gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 161/4 -Wirbelwind self-propelled 20 mm x 4 antiaircraft gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 162 - Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 main gun on Panzer IV chassis
  • Sd.Kfz. 164 - Nashorn (until 1944 known as Hornisse) panzerjäger tank destroyer with 88 mm Pak 43 main gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 165 - Hummel self-propelled 150 mm artillery
    • Sd.Kfz. 165/1 - Heuschrecke self-propelled 105 mm artillery
  • Sd.Kfz. 166 - Brummbär self-propelled 150 mm infantry gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 167 - StuG IV assault gun with 75 mm L/48 main gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 171 - Panther tank
    Panther Sd.Kfz. 171
  • Sd.Kfz. 172 -proposed assault gun variant of Panther tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 173 - Jagdpanther (Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B) tank destroyer
  • Sd.Kfz. 179 - Bergepanther recovery variant
  • Sd.Kfz. 181 - Tiger I heavy tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 182 - Tiger II ("Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B") heavy tank
  • Sd.Kfz. 184 - Ferdinand/Elefant "Panzerjäger Tiger (P)" tank destroyer
  • Sd.Kfz. 185 - Jagdtiger tank destroyer with 88 mm L/71 main gun due to lack of supply of 128mm gun
  • Sd.Kfz. 186 - Jagdtiger tank destroyer with 12.8 cm Pak 44 main gun

Sd.Kfz. 200 to 299
  • Sd.Kfz. 221 (Leichter Panzerspähwagen with 7.92 mm machinegun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 222 (Leichter Panzerspähwagen with 2 cm KwK 30 gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 223 (Leichter Panzerspähwagen with radio gear)
  • Sd.Kfz. 231 6-rad (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (6 wheel) with 2 cm KwK 30 gun)
    Sd.Kfz. 231
  • Sd.Kfz. 231 8-rad (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (8 wheel) with 2 cm KwK 30 gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 232 6-rad (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (6 wheel) with medium range and short range radios)
  • Sd.Kfz. 232 8-rad (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (8 wheel) with radio gear)
  • Sd.Kfz. 233 (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen with 7.5 cm KwK 37 gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 234 (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen)
    • Sd.Kfz. 234/1 (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen with 20 mm gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 234/2 (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen with 50 mm gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 234/3 (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen with 75 mm gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 234/4 (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen with 7.5 cm Pak 40 gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 247 (armored staff car)
  • Sd.Kfz. 250 (armored light halftrack)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/1 (with communications gear)
      Sd.Kfz. 250
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/2 leichter Fernsprechpanzerwagen light armored halftrack with cable-laying gear
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/3 (with radio gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/4 ( with twin antiaircraft machineguns)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/5 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen observation post)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/6 (reconnaissance vehicle)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/7 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (schwerer Granatwerfer) (mortar carrier)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/8 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm) with 7.5cm KwK 37 gun
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/9 ( with 20 mm L/55 gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/10 (with 37 mm antitank gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/11 (with 2.8 cm sPzB 41 anti-tank "rifle")
    • Sd.Kfz. 250/12 (for survey crews)
  • Sd.Kfz. 251 (medium armored halftrack)
    Sd.Kfz. 251 carrying troops in southern Russia in 1942
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/1 (with communications gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/2 (mortar carrier)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/3 (with radio gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/4 Schützenpanzerwagen für Munition und Zubehör des leIG18 - artillery tractor
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/5 (medium armored halftrack for engineers)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/6 (medium armored halftrack command post)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/7 (medium armored halftrack for engineers)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/8 (medium armored halftrack ambulance)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/9 (medium armored halftrack with 75 mm L/24 gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/10 (medium armored halftrack with 37 mm antitank gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/11 (medium armored halftrack with telephone equipment)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/12 (medium armored halftrack with survey gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/13 (medium armored halftrack with artillery sound recording gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/14 (medium armored halftrack with artillery sound ranging gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/15 (medium armored halftrack with artillery flash spotting gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/16 (medium armored halftrack with flamethrower)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/17 (medium armored halftrack with 20 mm L/55 gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/18 (medium armored halftrack observation post)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/19 (medium armored halftrack with telephone exchange gear)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/20 (medium armored halftrack with infrared searchlight)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Schützenpanzerwagen (Drilling MG151s). with triple 15mm or 20mm MG151 autocannon)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/22 (with 75 mm L/46 Pak-40 gun)
    • Sd.Kfz. 251/23 (reconnaissance vehicle - possibly never produced. Was to have a 20mm gun in turret similar to Sd.Kfz. 234/1)
  • Sd.Kfz. 252 (light halftrack ammunition carrier)
  • Sd.Kfz. 253 leichter Gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen (artillery observation post)
  • Sd.Kfz. 254 (medium track or wheel observation post)
  • Sd.Kfz. 260 (light armored radio car)
  • Sd.Kfz. 261 Kleiner Panzerfunkwagen equipped with radios for army communication)
    The Sd.Kfz. 261 had a large frame aerial over the vehicle
  • Sd.Kfz. 263 6-rad (heavy armored radio car - 6 wheel)
  • Sd.Kfz. 263 8-rad (heavy armored radio car - 8 wheel)
  • Sd.Kfz. 265 (Panzer I command tank)
  • Sd.Kfz. 266 (Panzer III command tanks with FuG 6 and FuG 2 radios)
  • Sd.Kfz. 267 (Panzer III, Panther tank, and Tiger I command tanks with FuG 6 and FuG 8 radios)
  • Sd.Kfz. 268 (Panzer III, Panther, and Tiger I command tanks with FuG 6 and FuG 7 radios)

Sd.Kfz. 300 and above
Sd.Kfz. 303 version of the Goliath used a petrol engine as a cost-saving measure
  • Sd.Kfz. 300 - Minenräumwagen remote-control mine destroyer
  • Sd.Kfz. 301 - Borgward B IV heavy remote-control demolition layer
  • Sd.Kfz. 302 - Goliath tracked mine (Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath) light remote-control demolition vehicle with electric motor
  • Sd.Kfz. 303 - Goliath tracked mine light remote-control demolition vehicle with petrol engine
  • Sd.Kfz. 304 - Springer medium remote-control demolition vehicle
  • Sd.Kfz. 305 - Opel Blitz 3-ton 4x2 Truck

See also

References
  1. Chamberlain, Peter; Doyle, Hilary (1978). Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two: A complete illustrated directory of German battle tanks, armoured cars, self-propelled guns and semi-tracked vehicles, 1933-1945. Arco Pub. Co. p. 17. ISBN 978-0668045650.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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