Surviving SdKfz. 251 Half-Tracks
Last update : 18 August 2024

Listed here are the SdKfz. 251 Half-Tracks that still exist today.
Notice : Only the original SdKfz 251 are listed here. The Czech-built OT-810 are listed there

https://www.facebook.com/Sd.Kfz.251a/

SdKfz. 251 Ausf. A – Weteran Axis Vehicles Restoration Workshop (Poland)This vehicle was recovered in Russia (Maciej Boruń). It is located in Poland for restoration,and the owner is from the UK. The chassis
number is 795681, built by Hanomag in 1941.The vehicle is almost complete, the owner is looking for the back of the body.
The chassis (frame) is from 3 tonner, it has all the typical 3tonner parts, and not any of the 251 parts (Dmitry Bushmakow)

Unknown source via Jan Vodrážka, August 2022

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. A – Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals",
Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia)
Formerly part of the Vadim Zadorozhny Museum, Arhangelskoe, Moscow Oblast (Russia). The insignia of the Grossdeutchland
Panzerdivision was still painted on the back of the combat compartment in 2008 (Dmitry Buskmakow). The restoration is reported to be“of poor quality”

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2355400311255928&set=a.265581813571132&type=3&theater

SdKfz. 251 Ausf. A – Slawa Lehn Collection (Russia)
Chassis number 796343 built by Hanomag in 1940 (Walter Schwabe)

Picture provided by the owner, October 2012

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. A – Private Collection (USA)This Half-Track was previously on display in the “Victory in Europe” museum in Arlon (Belgium) and then in Auburn (USA). It has beensold to a private owner in 2012. The suspension, frame and motor are real, inside everything is incorrect and rudely made (DimitriBushmakow) The armoured body is a reproduction, made while the vehicle was still in Arlon (Pier van Hees)Rob Coomber, March 2006 - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/21832609

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. B – National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg (RSA)
Chassis number 796373, made in 1940 by Hanomag

Pierre-Olivier Buan, December 2018

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. C – MM Park, La Wantzenau (France)
This vehicle was previously part of the Arlon museum, and then displayed in Auburn museum. It was sold in December 2012. The
suspension, chassis and motor are real, but inside everything is incorrect and roughly made (Dimitri Bushmakow). The armoured body
is a reproduction, made while the vehicle was still in Arlon (Pier van Hees)Pierre-Olivier Buan, September 2023

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. C – Texas Military Museum at Camp Mabry, Austin, TX (USA)https://www.facebook.com/ausarmour/photos/a.584832681552997.1073741829.550740451628887/1753146281388292/

SdKfz. 251/9 Ausf. C – Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns, QLD (Australia)

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SdKfz. 251/6 Ausf. C – SdKfz Team Poland (Poland)
Chassis number 812000, built by Hanomag in 1942. It was found in a farm in the Kurland pocket, in Latvia (http://sdkfz.info/)

David Payne, March 2021

SdKfz. 251/8 Ausf. C – Bovington Tank Museum (UK)This vehicle was built by Böhmisch-Mährische Maschinenfabrik in occupied Czechoslovakia in 1941. It is an unarmoured ambulancevariant, which could carry two casualties on stetchers and four seated patients and was captured in North Africa (Museum). According
to archive photos it was originally painted in yellow and used in North Africa, with an additional field made water tank on the right side
(Rudi Ehninger, Brigadier General (rtd) German Panzertruppe and Dmitry Bushmakow)

“Megashorts”, June 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/megashorts/3670274827/in/set-72157620544251909/

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D (n° 014) – The Weald Foundation (UK) – running condition
It was found in the 70's near Graz (Austria) in a scrap yard, alongside with a 250/1 Ausf.B and a 250/5 Ausf. B. The vehicle belonged
to SS PzDiv Wiking (Rudi Ehninger, Brigadier General (rtd) German Panzertruppe)

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D (n° 234) – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK) – running c.
Kevin Wheatcroft owns an SdKfz 251/1, which can be seen here : http://www.wheatcroftcollection.com/250pic.html

John Ham of MAFVA - http://mafva-midlands.weebly.com and http://leicestermodellers.weebly.com

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D (n° 514) – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)Walter Schwabe, May 2015

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Stored somewhere in a depot in Denmark – running condition
Chassis number 541029 ,built by Auto-Union in 1943. During German service (probably in the German 233rd Panzer Division), thisvehicle has been fitted with Wurfrahmen 40 (Niels Vegger). Then it was used by the Danish army as part of Minenkommando
Dänemark, to clear up the German mines in Denmark (http://www.feldgrau.com/articles.php?ID=44). It has been restored to running
condition in 2013-2014 (Niels Vegger). The camo scheme and markings were done from period photos showing this very vehicle

Dennes Aldrup, 2002 - http://www.panzer-modell.de/specials/ontour/autotechnica/autotechnica.htm

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Motor Technica Museum, Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)
This vehicle is on loan from a private owner (Rudi Ehninger, Brigadier General (rtd) German Panzertruppe)

"270862", July 2015 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/131561895@N06/20524800411/in/album-72157656907522941/

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Militärhistorisches Museum, Dresden (Germany) – running c.

Picture provied by Walter Schwabe

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Dehnhardt Collection, Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) – running c.)https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.588770048428716&type=3

SdKfz. 251 Ausf. D restoration project – Private collection (Germany)
Built in 1945 by Adlerwerke, chassis number 223773

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SdKfz. 251 Ausf. D restoration project – Private collection (Netherlands)
Chassis number 813665, made by Hanomag in 1944

“Sander D”, August 2011

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – For Freedom Museum, Knokke-Heist (Belgium)This vehicle is part of the Becker Collection and is on loan to the museum. Becker has a second Ausf D, but far from complete : just an
incomplete chassis with rear armour section (Rudi Schoeters)

https://www.facebook.com/WyprawySladami2WojnySwiatowej/posts/1426663147469752

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Private collection (Belgium)
Chassis number 222512 made by Adlerwerke in 1944. This vehicle belonged to Kevin Wheatcroft some years ago (n° 235), and wassent in a facility in Rouen area (France) to be restored. It now belongs to another collector

Roger Davis, June 2010 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=13107

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – National Museum of Military History, Diekirch (Luxemburg)

Pierre-Olivier Buan, May 2019

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Guerre et Paix en Ardennes Museum, Novion-Porcien (France)Walter Schwabe, May 2022

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Private collection, Normandy (France)
Fahrgestellnumber 813782, built in 1944 by Hanomag. Belong to a private collector, displayed in Overloon for some time

Rafał Białęcki, September 2008

First SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Polish Army Museum, Warsaw (Poland)This Half-Track was recovered from the Pilica river, near Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Maciej Boruń)https://www.facebook.com/

2nd SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Polish Army Museum, Warsaw (Poland) – running condition
This vehicle was renovated to look like "Szary Wilk" ("Grey Wolf") - a Sd.Kfz 251 which was captured on August 14th in Powisle
district, during Warsaw Uprising. "Szary Wilk" was in service with "Krybar" Group – Armored Platoon of Motorized Column "Wydra". It
was nicknamed "Jas" ("Johnny") and later "Szary Wilk" ("Grey Wolf"). It remained in service until the end of resistance in Powisle
district on September 6th. The history of the Sd.Kfz 251 after the Warsaw Uprising is unknown (Rafał Białęcki)Łukasz Włodarczyk - https://www.facebook.com/WyprawySladami2WojnySwiatowej/posts/1712723528863711?__tn__=-RŁukasz Włodarczyk - https://www.facebook.com/WyprawySladami2WojnySwiatowej/posts/1712723528863711?__tn__=-RŁukasz Włodarczyk - https://www.facebook.com/WyprawySladami2WojnySwiatowej/posts/1712723528863711?__tn__=-R

Some SdKfz. 251 restoration projects – SdKfz Team Poland (Poland)
Oe of them is chassis number 813494, built by Hanomag in 1943. The chassis comes from the former Falaise August 1944 museum inFrancehttp://milweb.net/classifieds/view_large.php?ad=83493&cat=1

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – SdKfz Team Poland (Poland)

https://www.facebook.com/WyprawySladami2WojnySwiatowej/photos/pcb.1799307856871944/1799299060206157

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Józef Mrozowski Collection, Kielce (Poland)
Original chassis with modern Mercedes engine and some reproduced parts

Walter Schwabe, May 2015

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Lehar Military Vehicles, Zabreh (Czech Republic)

Walter Schwabe, July 2016

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Private collection (Czech Republic)
Fahrgestellnumber 223523, built by Adlerwerke. Restored by Lehar in Zabrehhttp://www.detektorweb.cz/index.4me?s=show&i=22075&mm=1&vd=1

http://www.detektorweb.cz/index.4me?s=show&i=22075&mm=1&vd=1

Three SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Private Collection (Slovakia)
One of them is a late model with an additional radiator hatch and flat visors

Walter Schwabe, May 2018

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Slawa Lehn Collection, Moscow (Russia)

https://www.facebook.com/axistrack/posts/1428171967443329

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns, QLD (Australia)
Chassis Number 548730 manufactured by Auto Union late 1944. This has been rebuilt by the Crompton Collection and Axis Track
Services for the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns Australia

Steven Zaloga, April 2019

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – American Heritage Museum, Hudson, MA (USA)This Half-Track comes from Poland and was recovered from the Pilica river on 27 August 1988. It was sold for 40,000 Deutsch Marks(Maciej Boruń). This vehicle was part of Jacques Littlefield Collection in California. The entire Littlefield collection was donated to the
Collings Foundation, and only 80 of the 240 vehicles of the collection are now displayed in a museum in Hudson, MA. The othervehicles were sold in an auction in August 2014

Bob Graebe, August 2015 - https://www.facebook.com/thegraebecollection/

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Bob Graebe Collection, St Louis, MO (USA) – running condition
The vehicle is being fully restored. This chassis has the number 324137. Actually this is not a 251 chassis but a SdKfz 11 one made by
Borgward in 1943. This manufacturer did not make the chassis for 251, only the SdKfz 11 (Walter Schwabe)Randy Smith

SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. D – Randy Smith Collection (USA)Fahrgestellnumber 222678, made by Adlerwerke. All original parts to get it up and running are there. The owner will start the rebuilt
next year. The Chassis comes from a junkyard south of Paris (10 years ago) (Walter Schwabe)

https://www.facebook.com/Militarne-Podr%C3%B3%C5%BCe-703548846351491/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1268952486477788

SdKfz. 251/3 Ausf. D ’’Rosi‘’ – Muzeum in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (Poland)On 18 January 1945, a Sdkfz 251 belonging to the 2nd Company of the 19 Panzer Division sunk in the river Pilica.
On 26 July 1996 it was recoverd from the river Pilica and, after renovation, given to Muzeum in Tomaszów (Łukasz Sambor)“vagabond”, December 2009 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=11943

SdKfz. 251/6 Ausf. D – Bob Graebe Collection, St Louis, MO (USA)
Chassis number 542201, built in 1944 by Auto-Union. This Half-Track was previously on display in the Victory in Europe museum in
Arlon (Belgium), and then was part of the Victory Museum, Auburn. The suspension, frame and motor are real, inside everything isincorrect and rudely made (Dimitri Bushmakow). Now the vehicle is taken apart and being restored (Walter Schwabe)“Martin J”, September 2019 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/photobuzzard/48808220537/in/album-72157710788069992/

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D (n° 1022) – Bruce Crompton Collection (UK) – running c.
This vehicle has a late version of the engine compartment armor, with a one-piece engine hatch and a radiator hatch (Rudi Schoeters).
It came from a scrapyard in Austria (near Vienna) and was in a poor condition, but nearly complete and original (Bruce Crompton via“earlymb”). It doesn't have the bridges on it anymore and will be rebuilt as a mortar version

Ian Wilcox, August 2023 - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10226058823751124&set=pcb.10226058923913628

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – Bruce Crompton Collection (UK)The chassis number is 815146; manufactured by Hanomag in late 1944. It has the bridges from the one above, which will be restored
as a mortar version (Bruce Crompton)

Massimo Foti, October 2012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/8743756234/in/set-72157633224296936

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster (Germany) – running c.
This Half-Track was previously part of the Patton Museum collection at Fort Knox, USA (Rudi Ehninger, Brigadier General (rtd)German Panzertruppe

Pierre-Olivier Buan, March 2019

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – Musée des Blindés, Saumur (France) – running condition
This Half-Track was used in some movies, like “Effroyables jardins” (José Figueres)

Didier Bouvy, June 2014

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer (France) – running c.
This vehicle has been discovered in the early 1970s in L’Aigle in Normandy, in the public works company Lombaërt, with full armor, thepontoons and mounts. It has been restored to running condition at the end of the 1970s (museum)Véhicules Militaires Magazine, Mai 2005

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – Private collection (France) – running condition
The chassis is from a SdKfz 11 (info. from the owner, via Walter Schwabe). The body/hull is said to be a reproduction made in France
in the 1980s

Walter Schwabe, May 2015

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – SdKfz Team Poland (Poland)
The vehicle was bought in Estonia (http://sdkfz.info/)

https://www.facebook.com/PanzerFarm/photos/pcb.2503749979655116/2503732619656852/?type=3&theater

SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D (n° 411) – Panzerfarm, Kęszycki Brothers Collection (Poland)This SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D (n° 411) sunk in the river Pilica on 17/18 January 1945. It was recovered 30 August 1996 from the river
Pilica near small town Wyśmierzyce (Piotr Lewandowski). The vehicle is being restored to running condition

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SdKfz. 251/7 Ausf. D – Private collection (Czech Republic)

Dmitry Bushmakow, December 2017

SdKfz. 251/8 Ausf. C – Dmitry Bushmakow Collection (Russia)
Being restored to running condition

Massimo Foti, October 2012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimofoti/8743759236/in/set-72157633224296936

SdKfz. 251/9 Ausf. D – Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster (Germany)
Chassis number 222726, built by Adlerwerke (Walter Schwabe). This Half-Track was originally on display at Aberdeen (USA). It was
returned to Germany in 1960. The WH number (1621754) and the tactical number are original. The vehicle belonged to 5. Kompanie,
PzAufklAbl 20 from the 20. PzDiv (Rudi Ehninger, Brigadier General (rtd) German Panzertruppe)

Yuri Pasholok, June 2019 - https://www.facebook.com/100006243103648/posts/2320859861465428/

SdKfz. 251/9 Ausf. D – Patriot Park, Kubinka (Russia)
The Kubinka museum has been doing a cosmetic restoration on this vehicle. It appears they didn’t do any interior restoration at all

Pierre-Olivier Buan, September 2018 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13963542@N08/albums/72157702763314155

SdKfz. 251/9 Ausf. D late – U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Coll, Fort Benning, GA (USA)
Chassis number 544468, built by Auto-Union (Walter Schwabe). Very late version using steel track without rubberpads. This one wascaptured in May 1945 east of Prague (CZ). The vehicle belonged to PzAufklAbl 20 from the 20. PzDiv (Rudi Ehninger, Brigadier
General (rtd) German Pz. truppe) and it wears the markings of this unit. This vehicle is currently stored and is not publicly visiblehttps://www.facebook.com/251stummel*

https://www.facebook.com/251stummel/

SdKfz. 251/9 Ausf. D restoration project – Private collection, Los Angeles area, CA (USA)This vehicle is a late version (Dean Howard)

Walter Schwabe, May 2012

SdKfz. 251/10 Ausf. D – Private collection (Belgium)
Formerly displayed in the museum in Bras, near Bastogne. This vehicle was previously stored at the depot of the Tank Museum in
Kapellen, Belgium. The chassis has been discovered in France (Stefan De Meyer). The museum restored it as a SdKfz 251/10, thecomplete 37mm gun is still attached to the upper armour. All the original body parts, including the soft metal parts of the stowage bins
are present. The drivers cab was hit at some point and is partly cracked. The chassis was once mated with a mockup body (style
SdKfz 7) and was used as a movie prop, thats why the steering wheel was altered (Rudi Schoeters)“nammeci” - http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m273/nammeci/Muzej%20Kozara/?action=view&current=S3600044.jpg

SdKfz. 251/22 Ausf. D – Military Barracks, Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

https://www.facebook.com/ausarmour/photos/a.550750361627896.1073741828.550740451628887/1568158516553737/

SdKfz. 251/22 Ausf. D – Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns, QLD (Australia)
Restoration by Dmitry Bushmakow

Unknown source, picture provided by ”Sander D”

SdKfz. 251 chassis – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)
Chassis number 540300, built by Auto-Union in 1943. This chassis was previously at the Wings of Liberation museum in Best
(Netherlands)

Walter Schwabe, May 2015

SdKfz. 251 chassis – Bruce Crompton Collection (UK)https://www.facebook.com/The-Wheatcroft-Collection-2348619585363508/photos/pcb.3717704571788329/3717704491788337

SdKfz. 251 ausf. C chassis – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)Picture provided by the owner

SdKfz. 251 chassis – Private collection, Normandy (France)
Chassis built by Auto-Union

Picture provided by Dean Howard

SdKfz. 251/9 restoration project – Private collection (France)
This project comes from the Trun scrapyard, or at least parts from it. The owner has everything needed to do a full restoration

Picture provided by Alek

SdKfz. 251 chassis – Private collection (Poland)

https://www.facebook.com/703548846351491/photos/pcb.1344128452293524/1344124708960565/?type=3

SdKfz. 251 Ausf. D partial hull – Panzerfarm, Kęszycki Brothers Collection (Poland)
Vehicle components have been recovered on 4 October, 2016 year from the bottom of the river Pilica in village Górki, Białobrzegi
County (“Militarne Podróże”)Rafał Białęcki, September 2008https://www.facebook.com/groups/307283852755257/permalink/694391130711192/

SdKfz. 251/9 Ausf. D restoration project – Museum im. Orła Białego, SkarżyskoKamienna (Poland)This hull was found near Sieradz (Maciej Boruń). The Aufbau of the m.S.P.W (Sd.Kfz.251) on display revaels a detail that is not usuallyseen until one is close up - the base mounting for the 7,5 cm K.51 gun showing that it was an Sd.Kfz.251/9 (Hilary Louis Doyle). The
chassis, which is number 815053, was made in 1944 by Hanomag. It was found under a road in Radomice Pierwsze near Kielce in2016. It was used as a bridge just after WW2

http://www.vhu.cz/cs/novinky/280

SdKfz. 251 Ausf. D back armoured hull
Army Technical Museum, Lesany (Czech Republic)
This original piece of armor was found buried in woods in Czech Republic, sometime in 2010 (Radek Marcín).
Recovery : http://www.detektorweb.cz/index.4me?s=show&lang=1&i=35549&mm=2&xb=2&vd=1

Walter Schwabe, March 2014

SdKfz. 251/9 main gun – National War and Resistance Museum, Overloon (Netherlands)
This gun (early version) was found during excavation work on the site of the former hussar barracks in Käthe-Kollwitz-Straße, Bautzen,
near Dresden

Rafał Białęcki, September 2008

Early OT-810? – Slovak National Uprising Museum, Banska Bystrica (Slovakia)
This vehicle has the standard double engine hatches, but it also has the single radiator hatch. It is probably a mixmash done by the
Czech by bolting a late style nose armor onto a standard body (Rudi Schoeters). It doesn’t seems to be a German Sd.Kfz., because
there are some little differences on important parts which can't be a simple conversion for the museum. Tracks and drive wheels looks
like normal parts, but they are not manufactured like german parts. The under floor at the frontpart of the vehicle seems to be the partwhich belongs to this vehicle but there is a huge difference with the German WW2 part. There is no room for the oil tray of the 251
engine. Maybe they used HL 42 TRKM (Sd.Kfz. 250 engine) with the dry sump lubrication. In my opinion this vehicle is a very earlypost-war-vehicle for the Czechslowakian army (Falk Springer)
http://fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.de/Artikel/Spw_m.html#OT810

http://www.thuringenmilitaria.com/vehicles.html

SdKfz. 251/? Ausf. D – Unknown location

I’m looking for photos of those SdKfz. 251 :SdKfz. 251 Ausf. A restoration project – Dmitry Bushmakow Collection (Russia)
Dmitry Bushmakow has 80% of the armor and all the inner parts for this project
SdKfz. 251/1 Ausf. C – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)
SdKfz. 251/7 – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)
SdKfz. 251/9 – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)
SdKfz. 251/16 – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)
SdKfz. 251/21 – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)One more SdKfz. 251/? Ausf. D – Private Collection (Slovakia)
SdKfz. 251/? Ausf. D – Dmitry Bushmakow Collection (Russia)
any other SdKfz. 251 that I forgot….

This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank especially
Rafał Białęcki, who deserved the most of the job on this document,
José Figueres who was very helpful in setting up this document, and also the people who tookthese photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me, and those who helped me
doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News Discussion Board). For any question, you
can email me at soldat_ryan@hotmail.com
The surviving Czechoslowakian-built OT-810 Half-Tracks are listed here :http://www.massimocorner.com/afv/Surviving_OT-810.pdf

Main page : http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html