Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle Kfz 13
Outwardly roughly similar replica of a Kfz armored car. 13 during a re-enactment of the Battle of Mława , 2012
A car on the left. 13; on the right an armored Sd.Kfz. 232 with large loop antenna (radio and command car 6-wheel)
The car. 13 (also machine gun vehicles) was introduced by the Reichswehr as the first armored car after the First World War ; By 1935, 147 of these lightly armored vehicles had been taken over into the inventory. The car. 13 was based on the Adler Standard 6 civilian car . Although the Kfz. 13 was equipped with all-wheel drive, the vehicle had poor off-road mobility. The unarmed version, the vehicle used as a radio vehicle. 14 , was equipped with a radio instead of the machine gun.
The vehicle was used in the attack on Poland and in the western campaign in 1940 . It was retired from active service in 1941 and only used for training purposes.
Technical specifications
- Weight: 2.1 t
- Length: 4.2 m
- Width: 1.7 m
- Engine: water-cooled six - cylinder in - line engine from the Adler "Standard 6" with 51 HP and 2,916 cm³ displacement
- Maximum speed (road): 70 km / h.
- Fuel supply: 70 l
- Range: 380 km
- Crew: 2 (Kfz 13), 3 (Kfz 14)
- Armament: MG 13 , later MG 34 with 1,000 rounds of ammunition
- Armor: 8 mm all around
- Manufacturer: Daimler-Benz
- Production: 1932 to 1934
- Quantity: 147 (Kfz 13), 40 (Kfz. 14)
See also
Web links
Commons : Sonderkraftfahrzeug 13 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
