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The [i]Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251[/i] [[half-track]] was a [[World War II]]-era German [[armored personnel carrier]] designed by the Hanomag company, based on its earlier, unarmoured "Sd.Kfz. 11":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._11] vehicle. The Sd.Kfz. 251 was designed to transport the [i]Panzergrenadier[/i] (German mechanized [[soldier|infantry]]) into battle.

Some sources state that the Sd.Kfz. 251 was commonly referred to simply as ""Hanomags":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanomag]" by both German and Allied soldiers after the manufacturer of the vehicle; this has been questioned, and may have been only a postwar label. German officers referred to them as SPW ([i]Schützenpanzerwagen[/i], or armoured infantry vehicle) in their daily orders and memoirs.

h4. See also

* [[list of ground vehicles]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Sd.Kfz._251":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sd.Kfz._251]
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