Hummel (vehicle)

Hummel
A Hummel on display at the Musée des Blindés in 2013
Type	Self-propelled artillery
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
In service	1943–1945
Wars	World War II
Production history
No. built	714
Specifications
Mass	24 tonnes (52,910 lb)
Length	7.17 m (23 ft 6 in)
Width	2.97 m (9 ft 9 in)
Height	2.81 m (9 ft 3 in)
Crew	6 - Driver and 5 gun crew
Armor	10–30 mm (.39 - 1.18 in)
Main armament	1 × 15 cm sFH 18/1 L/30 18 rounds
Secondary armament	1 × 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 600 rounds
Engine	Maybach HL120 TRM V-12 petrol 300 PS (296 hp, 221 kW)
Power/weight	12.5 PS/tonne
Suspension	Leaf spring
Operational range	215 km (133 mi)
Maximum speed	42 km/h (26 mph)

Hummel (German: "bumblebee") was a German self-propelled gun used by the Wehrmacht during World War II. Based on the Geschützwagen III/IV chassis and armed with the 15 cm sFH 18/1 L/30 howitzer, it saw action from early 1943 until the end of the war. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 165.

The full name was Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M auf Geschützwagen III/IV (Sf) Hummel, Sd.Kfz. 165. On February 27, 1944, Hitler ordered the name Hummel to be dropped as it was deemed inappropriate for a fighting vehicle.^[1]