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| mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t, Sd.Kfz. 7 | |
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 Sd.Kfz. 7 on Militracks 2010, Overloon | |
| Type | Half-tracked artillery tractor |
| Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1938–1945 (Nazi Germany) |
| Used by | Nazi Germany, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (postwar), Allies (postwar) |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Krauss-Maffei |
| Designed | 1934 |
| Manufacturer | Krauss-Maffei, Borgward, Österreichische Saurer-Werke AG, Breda (Breda 61) |
| Unit cost | 36,000 Reichsmark |
| Produced | 1938 - 1944 |
| No. built | 12,187 |
| Variants | Sd.Kfz. 7/1, Sd.Kfz. 7/2, Feuerleitpanzer auf Zugkraftwagen 8t, Breda 61 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 11.53 tonnes |
| Length | 6.85 m (22 ft 6 in) |
| Width | 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in) |
| Height | 2.62 m (8 ft 7 in) |
| Crew | 1 driver |
| Passengers | 11 |
| Engine | Maybach HL62 TUK, six-cylinder petrol 135 PS, (133 hp, 99 kW) |
| Power/weight | 12.1 hp/tonne |
| Payload capacity | 1,800 kg |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
| Fuel capacity | 215 liters |
Operational range | 250 km (160 mi) on roads 120 km (75 mi) off-road |
| Maximum speed | 50 km/h (31 mph) on roads |
The Sd.Kfz. 7 was a half-track military vehicle used by the German Army, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS during the Second World War. Sd.Kfz. is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkraftfahrzeug, "special purpose vehicle". A longer designation is mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t, Sd.Kfz. 7, "medium towing motor vehicle 8t".