List of Sd.Kfz. designations
Sonderkraftfahrzeug was the ordnance inventory designation used by Nazi Germany before and during World War II for military vehicles; for example Sd.Kfz. 101 for the Panzer I, and Sd.Kfz. 251 for the armored personnel carrier made by Hanomag.
The Reichswehr and its successor, the Wehrmacht began systematically allocating numbers to its vehicles from around 1930, including horse-drawn vehicles, cars and trucks, combat vehicles, and trailers. Sd.Kfz. numbers were assigned to armored, tracked, and half-tracked vehicles. Cars and trucks were allocated Kfz. numbers and trailers were designated with Anh. and Sd.Anh. numbers.
Sd.Kfz. numbering system
Allocation of the numbered series was as follows:- Sd.Kfz. 1 to 99: Unarmoured half-tracked vehicles
- Sd.Kfz. 100 to 199: Tanks and tank variants, including tank destroyers and self-propelled artillery
- * Sd.Kfz. 101 to 120: Panzer I and variants
- * Sd.Kfz. 121 to 140: Panzer II and variants and Panzer 38 and variants
- * Sd.Kfz. 141 to 160: Panzer III and variants
- * Sd.Kfz. 161 to 170: Panzer IV and variants
- * Sd.Kfz. 171 to 180: Panzer V and variants
- * Sd.Kfz. 181 and above: Panzer VI and variants
- Sd.Kfz. 200 to 299: Armored cars, armored half-tracked personnel carriers, and command tanks
- Sd.Kfz. 300 and above: Radio-controlled mine-clearing tanks and demolition charge-laying vehicles
Designations
Sd.Kfz. 1 to 99
Sd.Kfz. 1- Sd.Kfz. 2 Sd.Kfz. 2
- * Sd.Kfz. 2/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 2/2 Sd.Kfz. 3 Sd.Kfz. 3
- * Sd.Kfz. 3a
- * Sd.Kfz. 3b
- * Sd.Kfz. 3c
- * Sd.Kfz. 3/4
- * Sd.Kfz. 3/5 Sd.Kfz. 4 Sd.Kfz. 4
- * Sd.Kfz. 4/1 Sd.Kfz. 5 Sd.Kfz. 6
- * Sd.Kfz. 6/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 6/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 6/3 "Sd.Kfz. 6 mit 7.62 cm FK 36Sd.Kfz. 7
- * Sd.Kfz. 7/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 7/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 7/3
- * Sd.Kfz. 7/6
- * Sd.Kfz. 7/8
- * Sd.Kfz. 7/9 Sd.Kfz. 8
- * Sd.Kfz. 8/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 8/5 Sd.Kfz. 9
- * Sd.Kfz. 9/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 9/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 9/6 Sd.Kfz. 10
- * Sd.Kfz. 10/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 10/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 10/3
- * Sd.Kfz. 10/4
- * Sd.Kfz. 10/5 Sd.Kfz. 11
- * Sd.Kfz. 11/1
- ** Sd.Kfz. 11/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 11/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 11/3
- * Sd.Kfz. 11/4
- * Sd.Kfz. 11/5
- '''Sd.Kfz. 20'''
Sd.Kfz. 100 to 199
Sd.Kfz. 101 Panzer I Ausf. A, B, C and F light tankSd.Kfz. 111 Panzer I ammunition carrier variantSd.Kfz. 121 Panzer II Ausf. a to F light tankSd.Kfz. 122 Panzer II flame tankSd.Kfz. 123 Panzer II Ausf. L "Luchs" reconnaissance tankSd.Kfz. 124 Wespe self-propelled 10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer on Panzer II chassisSd.Kfz. 128 Panzer II, VK 16.02 LeopardSd.Kfz. 131 Marder II self-propelled 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun on Panzer II chassisSd.Kfz. 132 Marder II self-propelled Soviet 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) antitank gun Sd.Kfz. 135 - Marder I Panzerjäger tank destroyer on captured French Lorraine 37L tracked carrier- * Sd.Kfz. 135/1 Sd.Kfz. 136 Bergepanzerwagen 38Sd.Kfz. 138
- * Sd.Kfz. 138/1 - Grille self-propelled 150 mm sIG 33 infantry gun on Panzer 38 chassis
- * Sd.Kfz. 138/2 - "Hetzer" jagdpanzer based on the Panzer 38(t) chassisSd.Kfz. 139 - Marder III self-propelled 76.2 mm anti-tank gunSd.Kfz. 140 - Flakpanzer 38(t) auf Selbstfahrlafette 38 self-propelled 20 mm anti-aircraft gun on a Panzer 38 chassis
- * Sd.Kfz. 140/1 - armored reconnaissance vehicle based on the Panzer 38Sd.Kfz. 141 - Panzer III medium tank with 37 mm or 50 mm L/42 main 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 gunSd.Kfz. 142 - Sturmgeschütz III assault gun with 75 mm L/24 main gun
- * Sd.Kfz. 142/1 - Sturmgeschütz 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 gunSd.Kfz. 143 - Panzer III based artillery observation postSd.Kfz. 144 - Bergepanzerwagen IIISd.Kfz. 161 - Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/24 main gun
- * 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 gunSd.Kfz. 162 - Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 main gun on Panzer IV chassis
- * Sd.Kfz. 162/1 - Jagdpanzer IV with 75 mm L/70 main gun)Sd.Kfz. 163 - Sturmgeschütz IV for Sturmkanone 40 Sd.Kfz. 164 - Nashorn Sd.Kfz. 165 - Hummel self-propelled 150 mm artillery
- * Sd.Kfz. 165/1 - Heuschrecke 10 self-propelled 105 mm artillerySd.Kfz. 166 - Brummbär self-propelled 150 mm infantry gunSd.Kfz. 167 - Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun with 75 mm L/48 main gunSd.Kfz. 171 - Panther tank Sd.Kfz. 172 - proposed assault gun variant of Panther tankSd.Kfz. 173 - Jagdpanther tank destroyerSd.Kfz. 179 - Bergepanther recovery variantSd.Kfz. 181 - Tiger I heavy tankSd.Kfz. 182 - Tiger II heavy tankSd.Kfz. 184 - Ferdinand/Elefant "Panzerjäger Tiger " tank destroyerSd.Kfz. 185 - Jagdtiger tank destroyer with 88 mm L/71 main gun due to lack of supply of 128mm gunSd.Kfz. 186 - Jagdtiger tank destroyer with 12.8 cm Pak 44 main gun
Sd.Kfz. 200 to 299
Sd.Kfz. 221 Sd.Kfz. 222 Sd.Kfz. 223 Sd.Kfz. 231 6-rad Sd.Kfz. 231 8-rad Sd.Kfz. 232 6-rad Sd.Kfz. 232 8-rad Sd.Kfz. 233 Sd.Kfz. 234- * Sd.Kfz. 234/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 234/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 234/3
- * Sd.Kfz. 234/4 Sd.Kfz. 247 Sd.Kfz. 250
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/2 leichter Fernsprechpanzerwagen light armored halftrack with cable-laying gear
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/3
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/4
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/5 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen observation post)
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/6
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/7 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/8 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen with 7.5 cm KwK 37 gun
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/9
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/10
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/11
- * Sd.Kfz. 250/12 Sd.Kfz. 251
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/1
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/2
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/3
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/4 Schützenpanzerwagen für Munition und Zubehör des leIG18 - artillery tractor
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/5
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/6
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/7
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/8
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/9
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/10
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/11
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/12
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/13
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/14
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/15
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/16
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/17
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/18
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/19
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/20
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/21 Schützenpanzerwagen
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/22
- * Sd.Kfz. 251/23 Sd.Kfz. 252 Sd.Kfz. 253 leichter Gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen Sd.Kfz. 254 Sd.Kfz. 260 Sd.Kfz. 261 Kleiner Panzerfunkwagen equipped with radios for army communication Sd.Kfz. 263 6-rad Sd.Kfz. 263 8-rad Sd.Kfz. 265 Sd.Kfz. 266 Sd.Kfz. 267 Sd.Kfz. 268 Sd.Kfz. 280 gepanzerter Munitionsschlepper''