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Wittmann's Sd Kfz 232
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Posted: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 - 01:36 PM UTC
Does anybody know if Wittmann's Sd Kfz 232 was a 6 or 8 Rad? Thanks in advance!
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Posted: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 - 03:41 PM UTC
I believe it was a 6-Wheeler because he received training for a Sd.Kfz. 222 first in late 1937 and then the 232.
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2013 - 12:46 AM UTC
And the 8 Rad didn't come out until later? That was my thought but I wasn't sure as I haven't been able to find any difinitive info on it.
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2013 - 04:46 AM UTC

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And the 8 Rad didn't come out until later? That was my thought but I wasn't sure as I haven't been able to find any difinitive info on it.


Not much proof there Kerry. The 8 wheelers came out in 1938, well in line with the time frame you're talking about.
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2013 - 08:59 AM UTC
I got the info from here: Achtungpanzer, the very first paragraph.
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2013 - 11:24 AM UTC
Ya it's the last sentence in that paragraph that gives me doubt since it was 1939 in the Polish Campaign. The 8-rad was available by then. So did they go to the 8-rad?
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Posted: Thursday, August 08, 2013 - 03:40 PM UTC
Well if you are looking for the time period of the Polish Campaign it should have been 8 Rad for the Lssah Aufklärungs-Abteilung .

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