page_title: Sd.Kfz. 10
section_title: Deployment and use
hierarchical_section_title: Sd.Kfz. 10 / Deployment and use
caption_attribution_description: Information added by Wikimedia users.Dansk: SdKfz 10/4 med 20mm flak-kanon kører gennem en fransk landsby i 1940. Navnene på vejskiltet er formodentlig Fère-Champenoise og Euvy. Dermed er landsbyen på billedet formodentlig Gourgançon. Deutsch: SdKfz 10/4 mit einer 20mm FlaK fährt im May 1940 durch ein französisches Dorf. Die Orte auf dem Verkehrsschid sind wahrscheinlich Fère-Champenoise und Euvy. Damit wäre der Ort, den die Fahrzeuge durchqueren vermutlich "Gourgançon" English: German SdKfz 10/4 SPAAG is passing trough a french village in May 1940. The sign seen on the roadside possibly states "Fère-Champenoise" and "Euvy". Leading to the conclusion that the village, seen on the photograph, may be "Gourgançon" Kommentar: Ort - vermutlich Gourgançon, südlich von Euvy und Fère-Champenoise, was zu den Angaben auf dem Straßenschild passt, auch die Straßenkreuzung passt.
context_page_description: The Sd.Kfz. 10 was a German half-track that saw widespread use in World War II. Its main role was as a prime mover for small towed guns, such as the 2 cm FlaK 30, the 7.5 cm leIG, or the 3.7 cm PaK 36 anti-tank gun. 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. Demag was chosen to develop the smallest of the German half-tracks and spent the years between 1934 and 1938 perfecting the design through a series of prototypes.
  The chassis formed the basis for the Sd.Kfz. 250 light armored personnel carrier. Approximately 14,000 were produced between 1938 and 1945, making it one of the most widely produced German tactical vehicles of the war. It participated in the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France, the Balkans Campaign and fought on both the Western Front and the Eastern Front, in North Africa and in Italy.
context_section_description: Initially, it was planned to use the Sd.Kfz. 10 as a towing vehicle for various light guns and trailers, but it was authorized as a substitute for the Sd.Kfz. 250 light armored personnel carrier in 1939. The Ausf. B model saw its use broadened to tow heavier weapons like the 5 cm PaK 38 as well as their ammunition trailers. They also served in the maintenance and supply companies of motorized and tank units. Nine were delivered to Romania in 1942 as tractors for anti-tank guns.
  For the Chemical Troops (Nebeltruppen) each decontamination battery (Entgiftungs-Batterie) was authorized six Sd.Kfz. 10/1 and six Sd.Kfz. 10/2. Eighteen Sd.Kfz. 10/3 were held at the battalion level for issue to the batteries in lieu of their Sd.Kfz. 10/2s if needed. If necessary they could be substituted for Sd.Kfz. 11s of the appropriate type. When the decontamination units were authorized to be re-equipped with heavy rocket launchers in November 1941, seven Sd.Kfz. 10/1s were used to tow the 28/32 cm Nebelwerfer 41 launchers and another was used by the platoon leader to tow an anti-tank gun. Similarly, decontamination units usually retained their Sd.Kfz. 10/2s and used them just like the 10/1s after removing their special equipment. However, it seems that the 10/3s were turned in when the unit was reorganized.
  An early-war Army anti-aircraft company (Flugabwehr-Kompanie) was organized in three platoons with a total of eighteen Sd.Kfz. 10/4s, twelve with guns and six carrying ammunition. When the four-barrel 2 cm Flakvierling 38 was fielded in 1941, each platoon had four Sd.Kfz. 10/4s towing the guns and another for ammunition. Later, these companies were reorganized with a total of eight Sd.Kfz. 10/4s carrying guns, two towing Flakvierlings and three carrying ammunition. These are just examples of some of the Army organizationsm which differed depending on the unit and the period. Sd.Kfz. 10/5s were substituted for 10/4s on a one for one basis. Detailed records do not survive for the Luftwaffe light anti-aircraft units, but they appear to have been organized into batteries of nine or twelve guns.
caption: A Sd.Kfz. 10/4.
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