Info: SdKfz 260 & SdKfz 261

[Marcus]

This thread is for information, photos, book suggestions and links on SdKfz 260 & SdKfz 261.

/Marcus

[Marcus]

http://wilk.wpk.p.lodz.pl/~whatfor/sdkfz_260.htm

http://www.chez.com/mythicpanzers/Panze ... Sd.Kfz.260

Kleine Panzerfunkwagen SdKfz 260: These were designed to provide mobility and armor protection for signals units. These were later replaced by the half-track series of radio vehicles. Had medium range radio with a rod aerial.

Kleine Panzerfunkwagen SdKfz 261: Had longer range radio with a frame aerial.
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/html/german ... dcars.html

[Christian Ankerstjerne]

Kleine Panzerfunkwagen

Other names: Gerät 83, Gerät 84, Sd.Kfz. 260, Sd.Kfz. 261

Manufacturer: Weserhütte, Ritscher
Fgst. 810001-811000, 8101001-8101424, 8110001-8111000
493 produced nov. 1940-april 1943

Crew: 4
Weight: 4.3 t
Length: 4.83 m
Width: 1.99 m
Height: 1.78 m
Radios: 260: FuG7 and FuG Spr Ger 'a'
261: FuG12 and FuG Spr Ger 'a'
Engine: Horch 3.5 or 3.8
Gearbox: 5 forward, 1 reverse
Speed: 85 kmph
Range: 310 km
Armour: 5-8mm

Christian

[Marcus]

from http://wilk.wpk.p.lodz.pl/~whatfor/sdkfz_261.htm


captured German SdKfz. 261 towing a BA-20
from http://www.skalman.nu/soviet/ww2-galler ... hicles.htm

http://www.wwiitanks.co.uk/tankdata/193 ... fz261.html
http://www.wwiitanks.co.uk/tankdata/193 ... fz260.html
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3620/sdkfz260.htm

[Marcus]

Crew - 4 men
Weight - 4.2 tons
Dimensions - lenght: 4.83m, width: 1.99m, height: 1.78m, ground clearance: 0.26m
Armour - 5-14.5mm
Armament - 7.92mm machine gun type MG-34 (1050 rounds)
Engine - carburetors, 4-stroke, V-8, displacement 3517 cm3, Horch V8 108, 75hp, water-cooled
Fuel Consumption - 28 l/100km
Maximum Speed - road: 85 km/h, off-road 42 km/h
Range - road: 320km
Negotiated obstacles - gradient: 22o, vertical obstacle: 0.25m, fording: 0.6m

http://www.dream21c.co.kr/index/militar ... kfz260.htm




Crew - 4 men
Weight - 4.3 tons
Dimensions - lenght: 4.83m, width: 1.99m, height: 1.78m, ground clearance: 0.26m
Armour - 5-14.5mm
Armament - 7.92mm machine gun type MG-34 (1050 rounds)
Engine - carburetors, 4-stroke, V-8, displacement 3517 cm3, Horch V8 108, 75hp, water-cooled
Fuel Consumption - 28 l/100km
Maximum Speed - road: 85 km/h, off-road 42 km/h
Range - road: 320km
Negotiated obstacles - gradient: 22o, vertical obstacle: 0.25m, fording: 0.6m

http://www.dream21c.co.kr/index/militar ... kfz261.htm

[stoveb]

Hi Guys,

Reviving an old thread here, but I did a search for SdKfz 261 before starting my own thread.

There have been a series of photos on ebay recently of this relatively rare vehicle, which I thought I would share. The series of photos shows a group of 261s on the journey from Frankfurt an der Oder on 27-9-1943 to Minsk, arriving 3-10-1943, and the next few days at Minsk where the vehicles "finally rejoin the Regiment" according to the descriptions on the back.

Anyone know the unit making this journey?

Hope someone finds them interesting!

Cheers
Steve

[stoveb]

the last three photos in the series
Cheers
Steve

[FRANCY RITTER]

Hello to all !!

SdKfz 260 Funkwagen

Two pics of the SdKfz 260 in russian theater....

http://worldwar2.free.fr/sdkfz260.html

[stoveb]

Hi Francy,

Sorry, but those nice images are of SdKfz 223s, as they have a turret and are armed.

Nice images anyway,

Cheers
Steve

[FRANCY RITTER]

Hi Francy,

Sorry, but those nice images are of SdKfz 223s, as they have a turret and are armed.

Nice images anyway,

Cheers
Steve

Sorry to all, for the error in the link e sorry for my error (no vehicle acknowledgment)..

Thanks Stoveb

[Patrice]

Hello.
A pic from 'Panzerspähwagen in Action' Squadron/Signal n°4.
A Sd.Kfz 261 in Russia 1943 from the 24th Panzer Division.
Patrice.

[stoveb]

Hi guys,

Patrice, nice image of a field modification of gun shield and MG from a SdKfz 250 or 251, good find! Looks like unarmed doesn't apply to all 261s.

Here are a few more picked up from ebay; supposedly Das Reich, but I'm not really confident about that, shame they aren't a little clearer....

Cheers
Steve

[stoveb]

and three more from ebay, the first is a SdKfz 260. The second comes from the same source as the Frankfurt-Minsk trip, but from earlier, June 1943. The last one has a SdKfz 222 behind it.

all from ebay
Cheers
Steve

[Bill Murray]

Thanks for all of those interesting photos, guys.
While I do not collect on armoured vehicles, this particular one has always fascinated me in that it just looks so right. Sort of the prototypical light armoured recon car. Short wheelbase (compact), good mobility, good turn of speed for what it was and I love the arrangement of the armour.
Also, Steve, nice shot of the towing dolly which one almost never sees photos of.
Cheers
Bill

[stoveb]

Hi guys,

Two more images of the damaged vehicle - had them filed somewhere else!? It seems one is a larger scan of the other but they each give some nice details, so I'll post both.

Thanks for the clue on the towing dolly Bill, I wasn't too sure what it was.

Cheers
Steve