Hanomag Rekord was shown at the 1936 Berlin Motor Show.Hanomag Rekord 1936Notice the style Hanomag in the cooling fins of the engine hood.Military vehicles During the World War II, the Hanomag car plant made many military vehicles in a big war effort, such as:SS-55 - The military version of the civil road tractor 4x2 SS-55, equiped with 4-cyl. 55hp 5195cc Diesel engine,with towing capacity of 15 tons. (1933-1943). Where built 2-doors versions and 4-doors version.Hanomag S-55 4x2 tractor - 2-doors versionHanomag S-55 4x2 tractor - 4-doors version - LuftwaffeSS-100 - The military version of the 4x2 road heavy tractor Gigant SS-100, equiped with 6-cyl. 100hp 8553cc Diesel engine, with towing capacity of 20 tons. (1936-1944). Were built versions with 2 and 4 doors.Hanomag Gigant SS100 4x2 heavy tractor - 2-doors versionHanomag Gigant SS100 4x2 heavy tractor - 4-doors versionHanomag's posterSdKfz 251 - The typical german half track armoured personel carrier. Hanomag SdKfz 251 Ausf A - early versionHanomag 20 B - The 4-wheel-drive Small Unit-Personnel Carrier was produced 1937-1940 (ca. 2000) under the parentage of Stoewer (as the R180, R200 and Type 40). Capacity problems by Stoewer resulted in co-production by both BMW (as the 325) and Hanomag. Together the three manufacturers made ca. 10.000 units. The special 4-wheel-steering system was fitted on most models. Operating a "lock-level" between the front seats made the steerable rear axle turn sideways to a certain angle.Hanomag 20B 4x4 - 4-wheel-steering - restored The single most important and iconic military vehicle to be designed and built by Hanomag during World War II was the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track (commonly called simply "the Hanomag") with a total production numbering just over 15,000. Built to protect and transport the Panzergrenadier mechanized infantry forces, it was by far the most common German armoured troop-carrying vehicle of WWII, and a direct precursor to the armoured personnel carriers of today. In comparison to the most common Allied half-track of the war, the M3 Half-track, the Sd.KFz 251 was slower and lower-powered but with thicker, sloping side armor that provided better protection; the flat-sided M3 was at one point panned as the "Purple Heart Box" for being unable to stop 7.92mm bullets at close range, while the Hanomag's sloping side armor deflected the .30-caliber bullets of the Allies with no similar issue.Hanomag APC SdKfz 251 Ausf C - Volstad art Post war production resumed making trailer units followed by tractors and in 1949 a 1.5 ton truck. Although prototypes were made, no cars were produced postwar. Rudolph Hiller, who had been president of Phanomen trucks, joined the board and restructured the company by arranging for it to join the Rheinstahl consortium in 1952.Merge & Split: In 1964, Rheinstahl took over Henschel-Werke and in a reverse of history the company was merged with Hanomag. The farm tractor operation was sold to Massey Ferguson and in 1969 the truck making division of Hanomag-Henschel went to Daimler Benz, leaving the Hanover works making earth-moving machinery for Massey Ferguson. In 1989, the world's second largest construction machine manufacturer, Komatsu, bought a share of Hanomag AG and since