German Soft Skinned Vehicles

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German Utility Vehicles

The Kfz. and Sd.Kfz. numbers describe the purpose, and usually the type of vehicle, but not the make or model. Some vehicles were made by more than half a dozen different manufacturers.

Kfz.
Kfz. is an abbreviation for Kraftfahrzeug, which means ‘motor vehicle’.
Kfz. numbers were assigned to all wheeled unarmoured vehicles.

Sd.Kfz.
Sd.Kfz. is an abbreviation for Sonder Kraftfahrzeug, which means ‘special motor vehicle’.
Sd.Kfz. numbers were assigned to all full and half-tracked vehicles, and armoured wheeled vehicles.

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Unit 195 Kubelwagen
1. Should be 2WD not 4WD (unless its given 4WD because of its rugged light-weight design)


Unit 156 Kettenkraftrad
1. The speed of 26 is probably too high for a halftrack that went about 70 or 80Kmh.

Speed 80Kmh sources:
http://www.wwiivehicles.com/germany/...-kettenrad.asp
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/kleines...rad-sdkfz2.htm
http://www.miniatures.de/sd-kfz-2-kl...nkraftrad.html

Speed 70Kmh sources:
http://www.tarrif.net/cgi/production...es&vehiclesX=8
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/...2/Sd.Kfz.2.htm
http://www.tanksinworldwar2.com/germ...enkraftrad.php


Unit 454 Kfz 15

Kfz 15...4x4...(carry 106)...(size 2)...class 26 Utility

The Kfz 15 picture is of a Horch 901, which was the most common German 4x4 utility vehicle, with 14,911 built. The available date, size and 4WD are also correct, the only thing off is the speed of 28. It’s possible the Horch 830 could go that fast, but the 830 is a 2WD car. The road speed of the Horch 901 is 95 Kmh.

Recommended changes:
1. Rename to Kfz 15 Horch 901
2. Adjust speed to 95 Kmh
3. The current icon is shared with the British Humber Box. It would be better if the Kfz 15 Horch had its own icon.

Horch 901 sources:
http://en.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/tit...typ-40/t/65360
http://www.autoviva.com/version.php?..._unit=european
http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/horchg.htm

Picture of Horch 901


Here’s new icons for those interested (I'll post bmps later)



Icon scale
The Kettenkraftrad is the same scale as the infantry: about 3 to 4 inches to the pixel.
The rest of my soft vehicle icons are about 5 inches to the pixel, which is the rough average of existing soft vehicle icons, and bridges the gap between the tanks and the infantry. Tank icons are usually 6 inches to the pixel



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