YUG - Sd.Kfz.251/120 mm Granatwerfer 42

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Probably in 1945, this remarkable Yugoslav conversion of a half-tracked armoured personnel carrier Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.D was created within the 1st Tank Brigade of the National Liberation Army. The captured machine was probably modified in the shipyards in liberated Sibenik. The modification of the classic armoured personnel carrier consisted in the lafetation of a pair of linked German Granatwerfer 42 mortars of 120 mm calibre. To allow this mortar set to turn, parts of the side armour had to be cut out. The cut-outs were rounded in shape. The crew was to consist of a commander, a driver and four men as mortar operators. The armament was to be supplemented by German machine guns and the crew's personal weapons. The machine, which was probably built in one piece only, fought in the area of Knin and Mostar. If the vehicle survived the final battles of World War II, it probably served out its life in the post-war Yugoslav army.


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Ivo Pejčoch - Yugoslav Armoured Vehicles of World War II, HaPM 6/2007, ISSN 1210-1427
Loic Charpentier - Les semi-chenillés Mittlererpanzerkraftwagen Sd.Kfz 251, Centurytracks 2, ISBN 2-9520988-9-2
http://henk.fox3000.com/251.htm
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