Sd.Kfz. 247
Sd.Kfz. 247 was an armored car used by the German armed forces during World War II.
Before the war, ten six-wheeled models were built; this was followed during the war by 58 four-wheeled models.
Description
The Sd.Kfz. 247 had an open-topped, thinly armored body mounted on a wheeled chassis. It was unarmed as its six-man crew was not intended to fight; rather, it was intended for use by the commanders of motorcycle and motorized reconnaissance battalions, although neither version was fitted with any radios. Its armor was intended to stop [8x57 IS|] armor-piercing bullets at ranges over. Photographic evidence shows some Ausf. B vehicles were retro-fitted with a star-shaped radio antenna mounted inside the crew compartment, and an additional armor plate bolted to the lower glacis of the hull.Ausf. A
Krupp built ten Ausf. A models on the chassis of its six-wheel "Krupp Protze" truck in 1937. Its 4-cylinder air-cooled gasoline flat engine of, gave it a top speed of and a range of.Like all of the other vehicles that used this chassis, the Ausf. A had very limited cross-country mobility, drivers being advised to stay on roads and trails. It weighed, was long, wide and tall.