Complex sentence: While lacking the overall mobility of purpose-built half tracks they were cheaper and sufficiently effective from 1943 some Maultier trucks were fitted with armored bodies, designated SdKfz 4.
Split into simpler sentences: While lacking the overall mobility of purpose-built half tracks they were cheaper and sufficiently effective. From 1943 some Maultier trucks were fitted with armored bodies, designated SdKfz 4.