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Sadly only partly visible, this Sd. Kfz. 251 Ausf. B with s. WG 40 had an interesting modification. To increase firepower, a 3.7 cm Pak was mounted on the vehicle. The armour shield of the MG was fitted to the rear of the vehicle in place of the anti aircraft gantry mount.
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The rockets had a maximum range of 1,925 meters (28 cm high explosive) resp. 2,200 meters (32 cm incendiary). Beginning in 1943, 30 cm high explosive rockets with a maximum range of 4,550 meters could also be used. All six rockets could be fired in ten seconds. Reloading took about four to five minutes. This Sd. Kfz. 251 Ausf. D with s. WG 40 of Panzergrenadier-Division Großdeutschland was photographed during the battle for Wilkowischken. (Photo: German federal archive via Wikimedia Commons; License: Creative Commons BY-SA-3.0-gb)
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