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July 21, 1941 was assigned the development of a new reconnaissance armored vehicle, which was to replace the original types Sd.Kfz.221/ 222/ 223. The machine was to make extensive use of components from the planned armored vehicle SdKfz.234. The machine was to be assembled and supplied by Büssing NAG, and the armored body of the vehicle was to be manufactured by Horch.


The front armor should be 30 mm thick and should withstand 20 mm projectiles. The rest of the vehicle was to withstand 7.92 mm piercing rifle projectiles. The engine was to be a 6-cylinder air-cooled Tatra V 910 diesel (125 hp), with which the vehicle was to reach a maximum speed of 85 km/h. The armament of the vehicle was concentrated in the top open tower Hangelafette with a 2 cm cannon Kw.K.38 together with a mounted machine gun MG 42 known from other types of armored vehicles. Büssing delivered one or two prototypes in the spring of 1943. The type was intensively tested. It was decided that gradually increasing production would begin in 10/1943 and a preliminary order was for 1000 pieces of this machine. However, before the start of production, it was decided to rationalize the production of armored vehicles and it was decided that the primary vehicle in production will be Sd.Kfz.234. As a result, the order was canceled and the vehicle was not produced. The needs of combat units were for some time satisfied by discontinued production Sd.Kfz.222/ Sd.Kfz.223.


There are also mentions of some modification, which had equipment mounted in a fully enclosed tower, similar to the one Sd.Kfz.234/2. The cannon got a shield Topfblende. Whether this statement is based on truth is questionable.


Ivo Pejčoch, Petr Štěpánek - Armored vehicles, Germany 1919-1945 (part 1), Illustrations- Václav Leiner, 1st edition Prague 1997, ISBN 80-86116-07-7
Thomas L.Jentz, Hillary Louis Doyle - Panzer Tracts no.13 - Panzerspähwagen Armored Cars SdKfz.3 to SdKdfz.263, year of publication 2001, ISBN 0-9708407-4-8
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In Panzer Tracts No.13 it is stated that the vehicle was to be powered by a diesel 6-cylinder Tatra V 910. But the V 910 is the original designation of the 12-cylinder T 103/111.
If this vehicle was to be powered by a Tatra 6-cylinder diesel, then only the experimental engine Tatra 104. It was half of the Tatra 910/103/111 engine, so its a derivative. The photo of the engine T 104 is dated 4/1943 and I did not know what vehicle it was to be fitted. Is it possible that the engine of this vehicle should have been taken care of by the engine T 104?

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