forward-facing 88 mm L/71 gun was mounted. A total of 90 Elefants were produced, all in early 1943 and known then as the Ferdinand, after its designer, Dr Ferdinand Porsche. Those still in use in late 1943 were modified and renamed Elefant. Half-tracks Maultier - "mule" conversions of trucks to half tracks Sd.Kfz. 2 Sd.Kfz. 4 Sd.Kfz. 6 Sd.Kfz. 7 Sd.Kfz. 8 Sd.Kfz. 9 Sd.Kfz. 10 Sd.Kfz. 11 Sd.Kfz. 250 Sd.Kfz. 251 Armoured cars Kfz 13 Leichter Panzerspähwagen - 4 wheeled armoured cars Sd.Kfz. 221 Sd.Kfz. 222 Sd.Kfz. 223 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen - 6 and 8 wheel armoured cars Sd.Kfz. 231 Sd.Kfz. 232 Sd.Kfz. 233 Sd.Kfz. 234 Sd.Kfz. 263 Panzerwagen ADGZ - Austrian armoured car used for police work Armoured recovery vehicle Bergepanzer III - PzKpfw III chassis Bergepanzer IV - PzKpfw IV chassis Bergepanther (Sd.Kfz. 179) - PzKpfw V Panther chassis 347 produced (1943 to 1945). Bergetiger - PzKpfw VI Tiger I chassis Bergepanzer 38(t) - Jagdpanzer 38 chassis, 170 produced (1944 to 1945). Bergepanzer T-34 - Captured T-34 chassis Sd. Kfz. numbers Sd.Kfz. stood for Sonder Kraftfahrzeug or ‘special-purpose vehicle'. Sd.Kfz. designations were assigned to armoured vehicles and other vehicles put in military service for a specific purpose. The system was used by Germany prior to and throughout World War II. Sd. Kfz. 100s for PzKpfw I versions Sd. Kfz. 120s for PzKpfw II versions Sd. Kfz. 140s for PzKpfw III versions Sd. Kfz. 160s for PzKpfw IV versions Sd. Kfz. 170s for PzKpfw V versions Sd. Kfz. 180s for PzKpfw VI versions Sd. Kfz. 1s, 10s, and 200s for half-tracks and armoured cars Country codes for adopted foreign equipment a - United States (Amerika) b - Belgium e - United Kingdom (England) f - France (example: Panzerkampfwagen S35 739 (f)) j - Yugoslavia (Jugoslawien) h - Netherlands (Holland) i - Italy k - Canada (Kanada) ö - Austria (Österreich) p - Poland r - Soviet Union (Russland, ‘Russia’) (example: Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747 (r)) t - Czechoslovakia (Tschechoslowakei), for example, Panzerkampfwagen 35(t) See also German armoured fighting vehicle production during World War II Comparison of early World War II tanks Tanks in the German Army Jagdpanzer Tanks Break Through! References Notes Bibliography External links Achtung Panzer! World War II armoured fighting vehicles of Germany Combat vehicles German