page_title: Hummel (vehicle)
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Hummel (vehicle) / Variants
context_page_description: Hummel was a self-propelled gun based on the Geschützwagen III/IV chassis and armed with a 15 cm howitzer. It was used by the German Wehrmacht during the Second World War from early 1943 until the end of the war. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz 165
  The full name was Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M auf Geschützwagen III/IV Hummel, Sd.Kfz. 165. On February 27, 1944, Hitler ordered the name Hummel to be dropped as it was deemed inappropriate for a fighting vehicle.
context_section_description: Because the basic Hummel could carry only a limited amount of ammunition, the Munitionsträger Hummel ("ammunition carrier Hummel") was developed. This was basically a standard production Hummel without the howitzer (a 10 mm armour plate covering the gun mount) and with racks fitted to hold the ammunition. When necessary, these could still be fitted with the 15 cm howitzer of the normal Hummel; this could even be done as a field conversion.
  By the end of the war, 714 Hummel had been built together with 150 ammunition carriers using the same design.
caption: A Hummel passes through a town in southern Russia
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