Sd.Kfz. 10 (it. Sonderkraftfahrzeug 10) was a German light half-track transporter from the Second World War. The first prototypes were built in 1934, and mass production was carried out in 1939-1945, ending with the production of about 17,000 copies of this vehicle. The drive was provided by a single engine Maybach HL 38 TRKM or Maybach HL42 TRKM with 82 HP. Sd.Kfz. 11 did not have fixed armament as standard.
Sd.Kfz. 10 was designed at Demag AG as a light artillery tractor, and work on it began in 1932. However, due to problems with the selection of an appropriate drive unit, serial production did not start until 1939. During the service of Sd.Kfz. 10 was most often used to tow anti-tank guns (PaK 36 or PaK 40) or Nebelwerfer missile launchers. Based on the basic version of the Sd.Kfz. 10, several specialized versions were created. One of them was Sd.Kfz. 10/4, which served as a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun armed with a 20mm FlaK 30 gun. Sd.Kfz cars. 10 were used on all fronts of World War II in the period 1939-1945.
The 20mm Fliegerabwehrkanone 30 (Flak 30) is a German towed automatic anti-aircraft gun. The gun entered service in 1934 and was manufactured by Rheinmetall-Borsig and Mauser. It was a development of the Swiss Solothurn ST-5 cannon. The Flak 30 was "operated" by box magazines with 20 rounds each, which resulted in a low theoretical and actual rate of fire. Given the frequent jamming of this weapon and numerous failures, from 1940 it was replaced by the Flak 38 cannon, but in some units it survived until the end of World War II. Flak 30 was exported to China and the Netherlands. Technical data: range: horizontal - 4800 m, vertical - 3700 m, caliber: 20 mm, combat weight: 450 kg, rate of fire: 120 rounds / min, projectile speed: 830-900 m / s (depending on the missile).
