The story behind Sdkfz. 251D- Wagon 203
Tuesday, November 30, 1943 shorten the ready-assembled Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 with the stone number
541029 to the bridge construction company Golnow und Sohn, Eisenwerke's assembly hall on Alte Vulkanstrasse 15
In Szczecin-then East Prussia, today Poland. The vehicle was assembled here- but the parts came from different parts of Germany.
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Picture of the complete chassis frame from the original instruction manual: Manual D660 / 4 Gerätebeschreibung und Bedienungsanweisung
The chassis frame H at 6p arrived assembled with wheels, road wheels, belts, engine, gearbox, steering gear and front seats for the assembly hall. The chassis was manufactured by Auto-Union, which during the war manufactured Fahrgestell Nr. 540001 546213. Production started in April 1943 - in November, Auto-Union 320 manufactured and delivered the chassis.
6 Cylinder Carburetor Engine HL 42 TUKRM
Abb. 1 engine exhaust
2 pictures from the original instruction manual, here of the 6-cylinder Mayback engine
-toren- a 6-cylinder Maybach HL 42 TUKRM water boiler, 4,170 liters, 100 HP v. 2800 rpm.
The engine then, as today, had engine no. 024 1132 and gearbox no. 1804. The tires on the front axle were Luka tires (solid), and the same ones that sit on today. The belts were of type no. 3586.
The dynamo on the carriage jet was a 300 watt dynamo, which among several others was one of the differences from it
previous C model that had a 130 watt alternator. The armor ring (Panzergehäuse) was made Kattowitz by Ferrum Kattowitz A.G., Werk Laurahütte.
And as the last thing that can be said about the vehicle this Tuesday 1943 was — that it was fitted with WH
Registration: WH 336396.
Upon completion of the vehicle, it is handed over to the Heeres-Panzer-Nebenzeugamt Elbing for approval and delivery to a troop unit.
Armor ring ready for installation
Mounting row in assembly hall-eg Golnow u. Soh.
Here the traces of the vehicle disappear, and from here and until the month of May 1945 there must be guesswork as to which unit and where the vehicle has been.
It is most likely that the vehicle has been handed over to the 233rd Reserve Panzer Division, which is to Denmark. The first units arrive on November 18, 1943 by rail transport.
1943 continues
The division was established on 5 April 1943 Frankfurt an der Oder, Wehrkreis III as 233, Panzer Grenadie Division, but was renamed the 233rd Reserve Panzer Division on 10 August by restructuring in the Wehrmachten.
The division in Denmark was subordinated to Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber Dänemark and its units distributed over Central Jutland.
Since the Division was a training division that was to supply exhausted or new units with trained personnel, it was necessary that it had equipment to train with. Thus also armored half-belt vehicles that needed armored and armored grenade units.
During the period | Denmark supplied the Equipment and Personnel Division with the following
6th, 19th and 25th Panzer Division.
• Holstein Panzer Division
• Panzer Division Clausewitz
• Panzer Brigade 202 (Panzer Department 2102 (Panther))
as well as several others
