Sd.Kfz.251/1 Ausf.A
GENERAL DATA |
mittlerer Schützenpanzerwagen
(Sd.Kfz.251/1) Ausf.A, Sd.Kfz.251/1 I |
Armored Personnel Carrier |
FuG Spr Ger f |
Hanomag, MNH,
Schichau Wumag, Weserhütte, Borgward |
2 (+10 passengers)
|
4650 (total Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.A/B/C) |
June 1939 - September 1943 |
DIMENSIONS |
7400 kg (empty)
7810 kg
8500 kg (loaded) |
? kg/cm² |
- |
5.8 m |
- |
1.75 m |
2.1 m |
0.30 m |
ARMAMENT |
2 x 7.92 mm MG34 (1) |
2010 |
manual |
manual |
- |
- |
4 x 7.92 mm Kar. 98K rifle (2) |
depend of crews |
1 x 9 mm MP 38 sub-machine gun (3) |
depend of crews |
1: superstructure front - 2/3: loose |
ARMOR |
Welding & bolting
|
14.5 mm / 69° |
8 mm / 55° |
8 mm / 50° |
6 mm / 0° |
10 mm /
57° |
8 mm / 55° |
8 mm / 60° |
6 mm / 0°
& Open |
AUTOMOTIVE |
Maybach HL 42 TUKRM |
6 in line |
100 hp at 2800 rpm |
12.8-11.76 hp / ton |
Schub:
4 forward, 1 reverse. |
Front-Wheels and tracks
steering wheel and levers |
? |
160 L Gasoline (Petrol) |
SUSPENSION |
Wheels: Trans Leaf
Spring
Tracks: Torsion bar |
2 at front w/pneumatic
6 at rear w/rubber edgings |
- |
Front |
Rear w/rubber edgings |
? |
center & extruded guide, steel with rubber pads |
280 mm |
? mm |
56 |
1.8 m |
PERFORMANCES |
53 km/h on road, 20 km/h off road |
300 km on road, 150 km off road |
? L/100 km on road |
24° (from horizontal) |
0 2 m |
0.80 m |
0.5 m |
13.5 m |
Sources |
TNT HS n°1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 |
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