Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad HK 101 | |
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Type | Light half-tracked gun tractor |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1941–1945 |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | NSU |
Designed | 1939 |
Manufacturer | NSU Motorenwerke |
Produced | 1939–1948 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,560 kg (3,440 lb) |
Length | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Width | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
Height | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Crew | 1 driver |
Passengers | 2 passengers |
Engine | Opel watercooled four-cylinder inline engine 36 bhp (26 kW) |
Transmission | 3 forward/1 reverse × 2 range |
Maximum speed | 70 km/h (44 mph) |
The Sd.Kfz.2 (German: Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2) is a half-track motorcycle with a single front wheel, better known as the Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 (from German klein 'small' Ketten 'chains/tracks' and Kraftrad 'motorcycle'), shortened to Kettenkrad (pl. Kettenkräder). It was used by the military of Nazi Germany during the Second World War.