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Sd.Kfz.232 (8-räd)

GENERAL DATA
Schwere Panzerspähwagen (Fu) (Sd.Kfz.232)
Heavy (Radio) Armored Car
FuG12, FuG Spr Ger 'a'
Deutsche Werke in Kiel, Schichau

4

607
1936 - September 1943

 

DIMENSIONS
8350 kg
? kg/cm²
5.85 m
5.85 m
0 m
2.35 m - 2.90 m (antenna-frame)
2.20 m
0.28 m

 

ARMAMENT
1 x 20 mm KwK 30/38 (1)
180
360° (manual)
-10° to +26° (manual)
-
-
1 x 7.92 mm MG34 (2)
1050
1: turret - 2: coaxial

 

ARMOR
Welding & bolting
8+10 mm / 55°
8 mm / 55°
8 mm / 55°
5 mm / 0° & none
15 mm / 62°
8 mm / 55°
10 mm / 55°
6 mm / 6&0°
15 mm / 70°
8 mm / 60°
8 mm / 60°
6 mm / 10&0°
15 mm / 70°
-
-
-

 

AUTOMOTIVE
Büssing-NAG L8V
L8
150 hp at 3000 rpm
17.96 hp / ton
Claw
6 forward, 6 reverse
All Wheels
steering wheel (front & rear)
?
138 L Gasoline (Petrol)

 

SUSPENSION
Semi-elliptic leaf spring, 8x8 wheeled
4 w/pneumatic, all driving, all steering
?
1.35 m

 

PERFORMANCES
85 km/h on road, 31 km/h off road
300 km on road, 170 km off road
46 L/100 km on road
26° (from horizontal)
1.24 m
0.48 m
1 m
10.5 m

 

Sources
TNT HS n°1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12

 

 

Drawings

 

File

 

SdKfz.232 1/35

 

 

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