In the German Army, armoured cars were intended for the traditional cavalry missions of reconnaissance and screening. They scouted ahead and to the flank of advancing mechanized units to assess enemy location, strength and intention.

It was a liquid-cooled, gasoline engine that had a 7913 cm3 (later: 8363 cm3) capacity. It gave a top speed of 85 km/h (53 mph) on roads, about 30 km/h (19 mph) off-road and a 300 km (186 …

Mar 19, 2019 · One of the essential elements of the German military doctrine of the Second World War (widely popularized as the ‘Blitzkrieg’) was the excellent and continuous communication …

Top: SdKfz 263 (fu) (8-Rad) showing the early deep blue-gray color scheme. This is the color carried during the Polish and French campaigns. Above: A SdKfz 263 being transshipped by water. This vehicle is painted in the much lighter North Africa/ Mediterranean desert yellow and …

Sdkfz 263型装甲车，注意其炮塔上被帆布包裹的升降式天线 263型装甲车则拆除了炮塔内的绝大多数配件——包括主炮以及炮塔旋转装置，原本的炮塔成了新式通讯车的车顶。

The Panzerfunkwagen – armoured radio vehicle – (Sd. Kfz. 263) (8-Rad) was made from early 1937 to January 1943. It was more an armoured radio station than a scout car. It was not used by reconnaissance units, exclusively. Signals units and higher staffs had such vehicles, too.

Sd.Kfz. 263 (Gerat 95) was a heavy cross-country radio vehicle (“Funkspähwagen”) equipped with extra long-range radio equipment and an additional radio operator. Sdkfz 263 was based on the Sd.Kfz. 232 series. Sdkfz 263 8-rad was developed from 1934 to 1938 alongside the Sd Kfz 231 and 232 vehicles.

Twelve exemplars of the gepanzerten Kraftwagens (Fu) - armoured motor vehicle (radio) - (Kfz. 67b) were exclusively made based on the Magirus M 206 P chassis from 1934 to 1936. The vehicle had a not rotatable turret with integrated radio mast. In 1936, the gepanzerte Kraftwagen (Fu) (Kfz. 67b) was renamed to Panzerfunkwagen (Sd. Kfz. 263).

Apr 18, 2023 · Kfz 263 (6-rad) was an armoured command car based on the standard Sd.Kfz 231 (6-rad) armoured car, and which saw service in the invasions of Poland and France. The Sd.Kfz 231 (6-rad) was a six wheeled heavy armoured car, which combined a standard armoured body with chassis from Magirus, Bussing-NAG and Daimler-Benz.

The 20 produced armoured radio vehicles Sd. Kfz. 263 were all based on the Magirus M 206 a chassis. The turret was not movable. The two frontal supporters of the roof antenna attached on the front of the turret are typical. Normally, a radio mast is visible in the turret. It seems that it was dismounted in the case of the illustrated vehicle.