page_title: Sd.Kfz. 11
section_title: Sd.Kfz. 11/2
hierarchical_section_title: Sd.Kfz. 11 / Variants / Sd.Kfz. 11/2
caption_attribution_description: Mittlerer Entgiftungswagen (Sd.Kfz. 11/2), Hersteller: Borgward / Back on display at the Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster , Germany.
context_page_description: The Sd.Kfz. 11 was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for medium towed guns ranging from the 3.7 cm FlaK 43 anti-aircraft gun up to the 10.5 cm leFH 18 field howitzer. It could carry eight troops in addition to towing a gun or trailer.
  The basic engineering for all the German half-tracks was developed during the Weimar-era by the Reichswehr's Military Automotive Department, but final design and testing was farmed out to commercial firms with the understanding that production would be shared with multiple companies. Borgward was chosen to develop the second smallest of the German half-tracks and built a series of prototypes between 1934 and 1937. However development was taken over in 1938 by Hanomag who designed the main production version, H kl 6.
  The chassis formed the basis for the Sd.Kfz. 251 medium armored personnel carrier. Approximately 9,000 were produced between 1938 and 1945, making it one of the more numerous German tactical vehicles of the war.
context_section_description: The Sd.Kfz. 11/2 was a chemical decontamination vehicle fitted with a 70 kg (150 lb) capacity spreader and space for eight barrels of decontamination chemicals. This left room for only three crewmen. The barrels were stowed on platforms over the tracks with foldable outer rails. 
  According to a reliable report the medium vehicle carries 760 kilograms (1,680 pounds) of bleach; a strip 1.7 meters (5 feet 7 inches) wide and 1.4 kilometers (just over a mile) long can be decontaminated by using a density of 300 grams (0.66 pounds) of bleach per square meter. The density at which the vehicle distributes decontaminant is independent of the vehicle speed, the maximum potential density is 600 grams (1.3 pounds) per square meter. In addition to this, each vehicle carries 16 decontamination canisters, each holding 22 pounds (10.0 kg) of decontaminant, for use by hand on isolated areas.
caption: A Sd.Kfz. 11/2 painted with the insignia of the Werfer-Lehr Regiment
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