Leichter Panzerspähwagen
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The Leichter Panzerspähwagen was a series of light four-wheel drive armoured cars produced by Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1944.
British soldiers inspect a captured Sd.Kfz. 222, North Africa, 1941
Sd.Kfz. 222 in private collection.
2.8 cm sPzB 41
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2.8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41 or "Panzerbüchse 41" was a German anti-tank weapon working on the squeeze bore principle. Officially classified as a heavy anti-tank rifle, it would be better described,
Leichter Panzerspähwagen
…least 339 vehicles produced. It was only produced with Ausf. A chassis and a maximum frontal armour of 14.5 mm. Some Sd.Kfz. 221 were rearmed with a 2.8 cm sPzB 41 heavy anti-tank rifle in a modified turret. This version of the vehicle was armed with a 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 autocannon and one MG 13 machine gun; full…
2.8 cm sPzB 41 at the Musée des Blindés.
A British soldier examines a captured sPzB 41 anti-tank gun, near Catania, Sicily, 1943.
sPzB 41 captured by the British Army, 1942.
Sd.Kfz. 250/11 of Großdeutschland Division, Eastern Front, 1943.