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This vehicle was a familiar sight, widely associated with the German infantry during all of World War Two. It began simply as an armored version of the Sd.Kfz.11 half-tracked artillery tractor. The half-track was one of the several solutions given to the problem of low off-road capabilities of trucks and associated “special purpose vehicles” (Sonderkraftfahrzeug). The Sd.Kfz.11 was designed in 1938 by Hanomag and was the prime mover for the 105 mm (4.13 in) LeFH howitzer and 37 mm (1.46 in) Flak 43, and 9000 units were built until 1945. This company was the natural choice to fulfill the next Waffenamt specification, which requested an armored vehicle capable of carrying a section of Panzergrenadiers and their equipment in order to keep up with the Panzer Divisions. Each German mechanized infantry corps was to be equipped with a hundred of these. The protection given had to be sufficient against small arms fire and artillery shrapnel, and armament should comprise two MG 34 machine-guns for defense and direct support. In German nomenclature it was classed as a Mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen (“Medium Assault Armored Vehicle”).

The Sd.Kfz.111, also known as the gepanzerte Munitionsschlepper, was a military vehicle used by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was primarily based on the chassis of the Panzerkampfwagen I M.G. Sd. Kfz. 101 Ausf. A and was designed to transport ammunition. The vehicle was created by removing the turret and adding a simple open-topped box body. It was intended for units equipped with the 7.62 cm Pak 36 (r) ammunition. The Sd.Kfz.111 was converted from 50 vehicles, with additional contracts for conversion reported by DEW, leading to a total of 122 vehicles converted by the end of the war.

The GM Otter Light Reconnaissance Car was a significant vehicle in the military history of Canada during World War II.

The Panther I Ausf G was the final version of the Panther to enter production during the Second World War, and was produced in larger numbers than the previous two versions combined.