Romainian AFV sdkf 251, markings

[greg higdon]

I saw the markings on the displays at the museum in Bucherest and I would like to know if anyone could give an idea as to the placement of markings on the sgkfz 251 that took part in the 'Campaigns in the West' I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you Greg Higdon

[nox]

from "eastern fron by Zaloga"
"Many romanian army vehicles carried a german style serial number on the front plates" Here U-042696. "Romanian armoured vehicles do not appear to have used divisional insignia."

source Nuts and Bolts Volume 06 Kanonenwagen ( Sdkfz. 251/9)
Sdkfz251/9 "small number" of these halftracks armed with the short-barreled 7.5cm L/24 cannon were supplied to Romania in 1943 & 1944; conjecture places them at no more than half a dozen or so which served with the Romanian 1st Armoured Division for the remainder of the war, with at least one seeing action as late as the spring of 1945."

The Romanian 1st Armoured Division received eight of these halftracks from Germany shortly before the disastrous Battle of Stalingrad in November 1942, during which most, if not all, of these vehicles were lost. Another twenty such halftracks were supplied to Romanian forces operating in the Kuban during the first part of 1943, serving with mechanised formations in cavalry divisions; details on their subsequent service are sketchy, but it is assumed wartime attrition may have accounted for many of them, although a few were still with the 8th Cavalry Division in August 1944. A final batch of twenty-seven Hanomag halftracks were included in the Olivenbaumarms shipments commencing in September 1943; whether this figure was exclusive of the half-dozen or so assault models known as the Sd.Kfz.251/9 "Stummel" (q.v.) which were also supplied is not clear, but at least twenty were standard Hanomags. These served with the reconnaissance and motorised infantry detachments of the 1st Armoured Division for the duration of the war, including following the 23rd August 1944 Armistice, with at least a few participating in operations in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the spring of 1945. "
New pictures and infos are always welcomed!
I'm looking for a bookshop where I could buy "Armata Romana 1941-1945", RAI, Bucharest 1996" as Pascal

[Iamandi]

"U" came from "Uscat" / Land troops.

Iama

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from bundesarchiv

from always "Nuts and Bolts Volume 06 Kanonenwagen "