Sonder Kraftfahrzeug (Special purpose vehicle) Sd. Kfz.

Complete List

Revision 1.0 • SdKfz 2 (Kettenkrad light haftrack) • SdKfz 2/1 (field cable-laying variant) SdKfz 2/2 (heavy cable-laying variant)

• SdKfz 3 • SdKfz 3a ( based on 2 ton Opel trucks) • SdKfz 3b (Maultier based on 2 ton Ford trucks) • SdKfz 3c (Maultier based on 2 ton KHD trucks)

• SdKfz 4 (based on 4.5 ton trucks) • SdKfz 4/1 (Maultier with 15 cm Nevelwerfer 42 rocket launcher) • SdKfz 6 (5 ton medium halftrack for the engineers) • SdKfz 6/1 (5 ton medium halftrack for the artillery) • SdKfz 6/2 (self-propelled 37 mm antiaircraft gun)

• SdKfz 7 (8 ton medium halftrack) • SdKfz 7/1 (self-propelled 20 mm quad antiaircraft gun) • SdKfz 7/2 (self-propelled 37 mm antiaircraft gun)

• SdKfz 8 (12 ton heavy halftrack)

SdKfz 9 (18 ton heavy halftrack) • SdKfz 9/1 (halftrack mounted 6 ton crane) • SdKfz 9/2 (halftrack mounted 10 ton crane) • SdKfz 10 (1 ton light halftrack) • SdKfz 10/1 (light gas detection vehicle) • SdKfz 10/2 (light decontamination vehicle) • SdKfz 10/3 (light decontamination sprayer vehicle) • SdKfz 10/4 (self-propelled 20 mm Flak 30 antiaircraft gun) • SdKfz 10/5 (self-propelled 20 mm Flak 38 antiaircraft gun)

• SdKfz 11 (3 ton light halftrack) • SdKfz 11/1 (smoke-generation vehicle) • SdKfz 11/2 (medium decontamination vehicle) • SdKfz 11/3 (medium decontamination spraying vehicle) • SdKfz 11/4 (smoke-generation vehicle) • SdKfz 11/5 (medium gas detection vehicle)

• SdKfz 101 ( Ausf A/B light )

• SdKfz 111 ( Panzer I ammunition carrier variant) • SdKfz 121 ( Panzer II Ausf A to Ausf F light tank)

• SdKfz 122 ( Panzer II Flamm flamethrower tank)

• SdKfz 123 ( Panzer II Ausf L reconnaissance tank)

• SdKfz 124 ( self-propelled 105 mm artillery) • SdKfz 131 ( Marder II self-propelled 75 mm antitank gun)

• SdKfz 132 (self-propelled 76.2 mm antitank gun on a Panzer II chassis)

• SdKfz 135 (captured Lorraine Tracteur Blinde tracked carrier) • SdKfz 135/1 (self-propelled 150 mm howitzer) SdKfz 138 ( Marder III self-propelled 75 mm antitank gun) • SdKfz 138/1 (self-propelled 150 mm infantry gun on a Marder III chassis)

• SdKfz 139 ( Marder III self-propelled 76.2 mm antitank gun)

• SdKfz 140 ( A self-propelled 20 mm anti-aircraft gun on a Panzer 38(t) Ausf M chassis ) • SdKfz 140/1 (armored based on the Panzer 38(t) ) • SdKfz 141 ( Panzer III medium tank with 37 mm or 50 mm L/42 main gun) • SdKfz 141/1 ( Panzer III medium tank with 50 mm L/60 main gun) • SdKfz 141/2 ( Panzer III medium tank with 75 mm L/24 main gun)

• SdKfz 142 ( StuG III with 75 mm L/24 main gun) • SdKfz 142/1 ( StuG III assault gun with 75 mm L/43 or L/48 main gun) • SdKfz 142/2 ( StuH 42 assault gun with 105 mm L/28 main gun)

• SdKfz 143 ( Panzer III based artillery observation post) SdKfz 161 ( Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/24 main gun) • SdKfz 161/1 ( Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/43 main gun) • SdKfz 161/2 ( Panzer IV medium tank with 75 mm L/48 main gun) • SdKfz 161/3 (Mobelwagen self-propelled 37 mm antiaircraft gun)

• SdKfz 162 ( Panzer IV based with 75 mm L/48 main gun) IV • SdKfz 162/1 ( Panzer IV based tank destroyer with 75 mm L/70 main gun)

• SdKfz 163 (same as SdKfz 167)

• SdKfz 164 ( tank destroyer with 88 mm L/71 main gun) • SdKfz 165 ( self-propelled 150 mm artillery)

• SdKfz 166 ( Brummbar self-propelled 150 mm infantry gun)

• SdKfz 167 ( StuG IV assault gun)

• SdKfz 168 ? • SdKfz 171 ( Panther main battle tank)

• SdKfz 172 ( Panther assault gun variant)

• SdKfz 173 ( tank destroyer) • SdKfz 179 ( Panther recovery variant)

• SdKfz 181 ( heavy tank)

• SdKfz 182 ( Tiger II heavy tank) • SdKfz 184 ( tank destroyer)

• SdKfz 185 ( tank destroyer with 88 mm Pak 43 L/71 main gun) • SdKfz 186 ( Jagdtiger tank destroyer with 128 mm Pak 44 L/55 main gun)

• SdKfz 221 (Leichter Panzerspahwagen with 7.92 mm machinegun) • SdKfz 222 (Leichter Panzerspahwagen with 20 mm L/55 main gun) • SdKfz 223 (Leichter Panzerspahwagen with radio gear)

• SdKfz 231 6-rad ( Schwerer Panzerspahwagen (6 wheel) with 20 mm L/55 main gun) • SdKfz 231 8-rad ( Schwerer Panzerspahwagen (8 wheel) with 20 mm L/55 main gun)

• SdKfz 232 6-rad (Schwerer Panzerspahwagen (6 wheel) with radio gear) • SdKfz 232 8-rad (Schwerer Panzerspahwagen (8 wheel) with radio gear)

• SdKfz 233 (Schwerer Panzerspahwagen with 75 mm StuK L/24 main gun) • SdKfz 234 (Schwerer Panzerspahwagen ) • SdKfz 234/1 ( Schwerer Panzerspahwagen with 20 mm L/55 gun) • SdKfz 234/2 ( Schwerer Panzerspahwagen with 50 mm L/60 gun) • SdKfz 234/3 ( Schwerer Panzerspahwagen with 75 mm L/24 gun) • SdKfz 234/4 ( Schwerer Panzerspahwagen with 75 mm L/46 gun)

• SdKfz 247 (armored staff car)

SdKfz 250 (armored light halftrack) • SdKfz 250/1 (light armored halftrack with communications gear) • SdKfz 250/2 (light armored halftrack with cable-laying gear) • SdKfz 250/3 (light armored halftrack with radio gear) • SdKfz 250/4 (light armored halftrack with twin antiaircraft machineguns) • SdKfz 250/5 (light armored halftrack observation post) • SdKfz 250/6 (light armored halftrack reconnaissance vehicle) • SdKfz 250/7 (light armored halftrack mortar carrier) • SdKfz 250/8 (light armored halftrack with 75 mm L/24 gun) • SdKfz 250/9 (light armored halftrack with 20 mm L/55 gun) • SdKfz 250/10 (light armored halftrack with 37 mm antitank gun) • SdKfz 250/11 (light armored halftrack with 28 mm antitank gun) • SdKfz 250/12 (light armored halftrack for survey crews) • SdKfz 251 (medium armored halftrack) • SdKfz 251/1 (medium armored halftrack with communications gear) • SdKfz 251/2 (medium armored halftrack mortar carrier) • SdKfz 251/3 (medium armored halftrack with radio gear) • SdKfz 251/4 (medium armored halftrack tractor for infantry guns) • SdKfz 251/5 (medium armored halftrack for engineers) • SdKfz 251/6 (medium armored halftrack command post) • SdKfz 251/7 (medium armored halftrack for engineers) • SdKfz 251/8 (medium armored halftrack ambulance) • SdKfz 251/9 (medium armored halftrack with 75 mm L/24 gun) • SdKfz 251/10 (medium armored halftrack with 37 mm antitank gun) • SdKfz 251/11 (medium armored halftrack with telephone equipment) • SdKfz 251/12 (medium armored halftrack with survey gear) • SdKfz 251/13 (medium armored halftrack with artillery sound recording gear) • SdKfz 251/14 (medium armored halftrack with artillery sound ranging gear) • SdKfz 251/15 (medium armored halftrack with artillery flash spotting gear) • SdKfz 251/16 (medium armored halftrack with flamethrower) • SdKfz 251/17 (medium armored halftrack with 20 mm L/55 gun) • SdKfz 251/18 (medium armored halftrack observation post) • SdKfz 251/19 (medium armored halftrack with telephone exchange gear) • SdKfz 251/20 (medium armored halftrack with infrared searchlight) • SdKfz 251/21 (medium armored halftrack with triple MG151 15 mm or 20 mm guns) • SdKfz 251/22 (medium armored halftrack with 75 mm L/46 Pak-40 gun) • SdKfz 251/23 (medium armored halftrack reconnaissance vehicle - possibly never produced. Was to have a 20mm gun in turret similar to SdKfz 234/1) • SdKfz 252 (light halftrack ammunition carrier)

• SdKfz 253 (light halftrack observation post)

• SdKfz 254 (medium track or wheel observation post)

• SdKfz 260 (light armored radio car, FuG 7 radio) • SdKfz 261 (light armored radio car, FuG 12 radio) • SdKfz 263 6-rad (heavy armored radio car - 6 wheel) • SdKfz 263 8-rad (heavy armored radio car - 8 wheel)

• SdKfz 265 ( Panzer I command tank)

• SdKfz 266 ( Panzer III command with FuG 6 and FuG 2 radios)

• SdKfz 267 (Panther and Tiger I command tanks with FuG 6 and FuG 8 radios) • SdKfz 268 ( Panther and Tiger I command tanks with FuG 6 and FuG 7 radios) • SdKfz 300 ( Minenraumwagen remote-control mine destroyer)

• SdKfz 301 (Borgward B IV heavy remote-control demolition layer)

• SdKfz 302 ( Goliath light remote-control demolition vehicle) SdKfz 303 ( Goliath light remote-control demolition vehicle)

SdKfz 304 ( medium remote-control demolition vehicle) German Vehicle plate numbering

Two (three) letters in front of the number represent the branch the vehicle belongs to.

WH = Wehrmacht-Heer

WM = Wehrmacht-Marine

WL = Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe

SS = Waffen SS, SS Wachverbände

OT = Organization Todt

Pol = Polizei

DR = Deutsche Reichsbahn

RP = Reichspost

Each Wehrkreis/Luftgaukommando/Kriegsmarine Kommando had a range of license numbers available which were given out to the various subordinated units

Note that these numbers were just used at the peace garrisons of the units. As soon as the units transferred to the front they received new numbers. These could go up to 7 digits after the letters. Heer

Wehrkreis I Königsberg WH 10.000-19.999 Wehrkreis II Stettin WH 20.000-29.999 Wehrkreis III Berlin WH 30.000-39.999 Wehrkreis IV Dresden WH 40.000-49.999 Wehrkreis V Stuttgart WH 50.000-59.999 Wehrkreis VI Münster (Westfalen) WH 60.000-69.999 Wehrkreis VII München WH70.000-79.999 Wehrkreis VIII Breslau WH80.000-89.999 Wehrkreis IX Kassel WH 90.000-99.999 Wehrkreis X Hamburg WH 100.000-109.999 Wehrkreis XI Hannover WH 110.000-119.999 Wehrkreis XII Wiesbaden WH 120.000-129.999 Wehrkreis XIII Nürnberg WH 130.000-139.999 Wehrkreis XIV Magdeburg WH 140.000-149.999 and WH 240.000-249.999 Wehrkreis XV Jena WH 150.000-159.999 and WH 250.000-259.999 Wehrkreis XVI Berlin WH 160.000-169.999 and WH 260.000-269.999 Wehrkreis XVII Linz (Donau) WH 170.000-179.999 Wehrkreis XVIII Salzburg WH 180.000-189.999 Kriegsmarine

Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine in Berlin WM 1-999 Kommando der Marinestation Ostsee, Kiel WM 1.000-29.999 Kommando der Marinestation Nordsee, WM 30.000-59.999 Wilhelmshaven Kommandierender Admiral Frankreich, Paris WM 60.000-79.999 Kommandierender Admiral Norwegen, Oslo WM 80.000-99.999

Luftwaffe

Luftgaukommando I Konigsburg WL 10.000-19.999 Luftgaukommando – See, Kiel WL 20.000-29.999 Luftgaukommando III Berlin WL 300.000-319.999 Luftgaukommando IV Dreden WL 400.000-409.999 Luftgaukommando VI Münster WL 600.000-609.999 Luftgaukommando VII München WL 700.000-709.999 Luftgaukommando VIII Breslau WL 800.000-809.999 Luftgaukommando XI Hannover WL 110.000-119.999 Luftgaukommando XIII Nürnberg WL 130.000-139.999 Luftgaukommando XVII Wien WL 170.000-179.999 Civilian license plate prefixes

A=Anhalt IVB=Baden B=Braunschweig HB=Bremen DW=Danzig-Westpreussen HH=Hamburg VH=Hessen K=Kärten L=Lippe M=Mecklenburg ND=Niederdonau OD=Oberdonau OL=Oldenburg Saar=Saarland Sb=Salzburg Th=Thüringer TV=Tirol and Voralberg P=Wartheland W=Wien IA=Berlin Polizei Reg.Bez. IC=Provinz Ostpreussen IE=Provinz Brandenburg IH=Provinz Pommern IK=Reg.Bez. Sigmaringen IM=Provinz Saxony IP=Provinz Schleswig-Holstein IS=Provinz Hannover IT=Provinz Hessen-Nassau IX=Provinz Westfalen IY=Reg.Bez. Düsseldorf IZ=Rhine Provinz other than the IIA=City München IIB=Reg.Bez. Oberbayern Reg.Bez. Düsseldorf IIC=Reg.Bez. Niederbayern IIE=Reg.Bez. Oberpfalz IID=Reg.Bez. Pfalz IIH=Reg.Bez. Oberfranken IIS=Reg.Bez. Mittelfranken IIN=Cities Nürnberg and Fürth IIU=Reg.Bez. Mainfranken IIZ=Reg.Bez. Schwaben I=Reg.Bez. Bautzen, Löbau,Zittau and Kamenz II=Polizeipräsident Dresden, III=Reg.Bez. Leipzig IV=Reg.Bez. Chemnitz Reg.Bez. Dresden, Freiberg, Pirna, Meissen, Grossenhain, Dippoldiswalde

V=Reg.Bez. Zwickau IIIA=Polizeipräsident Stuttgart IIIC=Landräte Backnang, Böblingen, Esslingen IIID=Landräte Leonberg, IIIE=Landräte Heilbronn, IIIH=Landräte Balingen, Calw, Ludwigsburg, Polizei Heilbronn Vaihingen a.d.Ens, Waiblingen Freudenstadt, Horb on the Neckar IIIK=Landräte Nürtingen, IIIM=Landräte Rottweil, IIIP=Landräte Aalen, Reutlingen Tübingen, Tuttlingen Crailsheim IIIS=Landräte Schwäbisch- IIIT=Landräte Bad IIIX=Landräte Biberach on the Gmünd, Swäbisch-Hall, Mergentheim, Ohringen Riss, Ehingen, Göppingen, Ulm Heidenheim, Künzelsau IIIY=Landräte Münsingen, IIIZ=Landräte Saulgau, PC=Post und Eisenbahn Ravensburg Friedrichshafen, Wangen in Allgäu, Polizei Ulm