German SdKfz 234 Puma armored cars surrender in Czechoslovakia in May 1945.
The SdKfz 234 Puma (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 234, or Special Purpose Vehicle 234), was an armoured car designed and built in Germany during World War II. The vehicle itself is lightly armoured, with a medium-velocity, 50mm main gun and an impressive Tatra V12 diesel engine. The SdKfz 234 broadly resembles the SdKfz 231 (8 rad). There were four main variants.
-- SdKfz 234/1 - 1 x 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 autocannon, 1 x MG34 Machinegun. This design featured an open-topped turret. Around 200 were produced.
-- SdKfz 234/2 "Puma" - 1 x 5 cm KwK 39 L/60, 1 x MG42. Employed a fully enclosed turret originally designed for the VK1602 Leopard light tank. The turret front was protected by 30 mm armor set at an angle of 20° from the vertical. The sides and rear had 10 mm armor set at 25°, and the top plate was 10 mm armor. The gun mantlet was rounded and was 40 to 100 mm thick. 101 were produced between September 1943 and September 1944.
-- SdKfz 234/3 - 1 x 7.5 cm K51 L/24 in open-topped superstructure replacing the turret. 88 built between June and December, 1944.
-- SdKfz 234/4 "Pakwagen" - 1 x 7.5 cm PaK 40 L/46 in open-topped superstructure replacing the turret. 89 built between December 1944 and March 1945. (Wikipedia)
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