and was launched by the use of a specialized blank cartridge loaded in the main gun. The 42M is often found under the name "Kerngranate", which is German for Core Shell. Service history The 40M Nimród was manufactured by the Manfred Weiss Works. A first batch of 46 vehicles powered by a German Büssing-NAG L8V/36TR engine was followed by another batch of 89 vehicles powered by a Hungarian Ganz IP VGT 107 Type II (built under license from Büssing-NAG). Although it was originally intended for anti-tank use, in 1943 the 40M Nimród was reclassified for anti-aircraft use; as it was unable to penetrate the armor of the tanks in use by the Red Army. The following units have employed this vehicle: 51st Heavy Armor Battalion, 1st Hungarian Armored Division 52nd Heavy Armor Battalion, 2nd Hungarian Armored Division 1st Hungarian Cavalry Division A total of 135 Nimrods were built, most of which were deployed by the 51st and 52nd Armored Autocannon Battalions of the 1st and 2nd Hungarian Armoured Divisions, respectively. Nimrod batteries attached to armored and motorized battalions were allocated six vehicles each. A platoon consisted of two vehicles. Gallery Comparable vehicles Möbelwagen Ostwind M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage Crusader Mk. III Anti-Aircraft Tank Mk. I ZSU-37 References Notes Bibliography The Royal Hungarian Army, 1920-1945, Volume II, Hungarian Mobile Forces, by Dr. Peter Mujzer A Magyar Királyi Honvédség Fegyverzete, by Attila Bonhardt, Gyula Sárhidai and László Winkler Becze, Csaba. Magyar Steel. Mushroom Model Publications. Sandomierz 2006 External links Hungarian WWII AFVs Pictures from Zrinyi Miklos National Defence University Tanks of Hungary Armoured fighting vehicles of Hungary World War II self-propelled anti-aircraft weapons 40 mm artillery Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944 SPGs. SPAs. Armored cars and trucks of 1940