02 - References for Sd.Kfz. 232 (6 Rad)
one of the first prototypes of a six-wheel armored vehicle built on the Daimler-Benz chassis, note the dummy tower and raised hatches
the rear fuselage of one of Daimler-Benz's first prototypes, the open circular manhole offers a beautiful view of the rear driving post.
an early version of the Daimler-Benz hull with a perpendicular front mask and raised hatches, but fitted with a serial tower, and even such combinations were evidently put into service,
final appearance of the SdKfz 231 on the chassis of Daimler-Benz development, here with disassembled equipment,
The Büssing-NAG prototype served as the Strassenpanzerwagen police car after the installation of the new tower
development variant Sd.Kfz.231 on Magirus chassis, note the grating holes in the sides of the bonnet, fuselage machine gun and double front wheels,
1932 Magirus Sd.Kfz.231 6-rad Schwerer Panzerspähwagen
Sd.Kfz.232 (fu) radio version
Autumn maneuvers of the IX.Armeekorps in the Bavarian Ostmark - village of Dürnast - 1935
Autumn maneuvers of the IX.Armeekorps in the Bavarian Ostmark - village of Dürnast - 1935
Autumn maneuvers of the IX.Armeekorps in the Bavarian Ostmark - 1935
Autumn maneuvers of the IX.Armeekorps in the Bavarian Ostmark - 1935
Autumn maneuvers of the IX.Armeekorps in the Bavarian Ostmark - 1935
Maneuvers of the VI.Armeekorps in the Lüneburg Heath from 2 to 7 of September, 1935
Maneuvers of the VI.Armeekorps in the Lüneburg Heath from 2 to 7 of September, 1935
Maneuvers of the VI.Armeekorps in the Lüneburg Heath from 2 to 7 of September, 1935
Maneuvers of the VI.Armeekorps in the Lüneburg Heath from 2 to 7 of September, 1935
Maneuvers of the VI.Armeekorps in the Lüneburg Heath from 2 to 7 of September, 1935
Great autumn exercise in 1936 group command 2 (V. and IX.Armeekorps), armored scout car (Sd.Kfz. 13) and armored radio car (Sd.Kfz. 232) in the event of a gas alarm
Sd.Kfz.231 VI.Armeekorps
A Kfz.13, which entered service with armoured car companies in 1933, built on a strengthened car chassis and armed with an MG 13. And a Sd.Kfz.232 (6 Rad), armed with a 2cm cannon and an MG 13, across a pontoon bridge during an exercise in the mid-1930s.
Autumn maneuvers of the IX. Army Corps at Fritzlar - September 1936
April 1938, the Brandenburg Gate as a backdrop, An Aufklärungs-Kompanie (motorized reconnaissance company) parades in Berlin. Sd.Kfz.232 (6 Rad) radio car vehicles are painted in a pre-war camouflage scheme: dark brown stripes over dark grey.
Pre-war photograph of two Sd Kfz 232 (front and rear), and a Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (Sd Kfz 231) (6 Rad)
Invasion of the Sudetenland. The German armored vehicles are ready to march into the Sudetenland immediately on the border of the Reich. German armored cars standing by the Reich frontier waiting to enter the Sudeten. Schirnding. Sudetenland - 3 Oct. 1938
Invasion of the Sudetenland. The armored vehicles ahead, German troops cross the customs border of the Czech state at 8:00 a.m. - Schirnding. Sudetenland - 3 Oct. 1938 8:00 a.m.
Invasion of the Sudetenland. German armored cars leed the troops as they enter Aussig in the Sudeten. Northern Aussig, Sudetenland - 9 Oct. 1938
Invasion of the Sudetenland. Spähtruppführer puts 2.Pz.Spähwagen on the bridge and puts barbed wire between the Czech bridge barriers. - Aussig, Sudetenland - 9 Oct. 1938
Two schwere Panzerspähwagen(Fu) Sd.Kfz.232 6-Rad from the Reconnaissance troops of a Pz.Div. enter Prague, Czechoslovakia on 15 mar. 1939.
Sd.Kfz.231 6-Rad from an unknown unit – Poland 1939
Sd.Kfz.231 6-Rad on the Büssing-NAG chassis, note the unusual smoke grenades installed on the engine - Poland, September 1939
Several SdKfz 232 armored cars on the march during the invasion of Poland in 1939
Sd.Kfz.232 6-Rad - Poland 1939
Sd.Kfz.231 6-Rad - Poland 1939
A Sd.Kfz.232 was pictured in Poland. 6.Panzer-Division cherished this kind until at least winter 1942,
Sd.Kfz.232 Panzerspähwagen (6 Rad) - France - may 1940
5th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Panzer Division, France, June 1940
5th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Panzer Division, France, June 1940
5th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Panzer Division, France, June 1940
The Panzerspähwagen (6 Rad) was the first heavy armoured car in service with German reconnaissance units, . This Sd.Kfz.232(Fu) fitted with long-range radio equipment, as indicated by the frame- type antenna.
SdKfz 231 on Magirus chassis recognizable by long front fenders
Sd.Kfz. 232 (6-Rad) trio, maybe Büssing in the middle straddled by two Magiruses
A rest halt along a country road for Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5 (motorisiert) / 2.Panzer-Division. The Sd.Kfz. 231 (6-Rad)
Sd.Kfz.231 VI.th Armeekorps - By: tanks-encyclopedia
Sd.Kfz.231 6-rad from the III.Pz.Div, Neuropinn, May 1936. - By: tanks-encyclopedia
Sd.Kfz.232 (fu) radio version in Poland, September 1939. - By: tanks-encyclopedia
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Version Sdkfz 231 intended for radio communication. The car had the same equipment as the 231 model, but in addition it had a 100W radio station and a handrail antenna for further range of the radio.
At the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, the German army needed a fast reconnaissance car.
The Sdkfz 232 was designed in 1929 based on the Daimler-Benz truck chassis, which won the chassis competition at Magirus and Bussig Nag. The body was designed by Deutschen-Werke AG. It was built of armor plates with a thickness of 8mm to 14.5mm. The car was armed with a MG-13 machine gun mounted in a rotating turret, later it was replaced by MG-34. The final version received a 2 cm KwK 30 cannon. The Sdkfz 232 was powered by a Daimler-Benz M09 engine, which allowed it to reach speeds of up to 65 km per hour. The crew was 4 people. The car had two steering positions - on the front of the vehicle and at the rear.
Cars 231 and 232 were popular vehicles at all types of military parades in the Third Reich before the outbreak of wa
