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Krupp Protze
Artillery tractor / Utility truck From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Krupp Protze (lit. limber, officially L 2 H 43 and L 2 H 143) was a six-wheeled 6×4 German truck[1] and artillery tractor produced between 1934 and 1941 and heavily used in World War II. It was powered by a 4-cylinder, 55 hp or, from 1936, 60 hp Krupp M 304 petrol engine. Its main purpose was to tow artillery, especially the 3.7 cm Pak 36 anti-tank gun (designated Kfz 69), and transport motorized infantry (designated Kfz 70).
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This vehicle was extensively used on the Eastern Front, during the North African campaign and in France and Sicily. The "Krupp-Protze" was of relatively advanced design. Its fuel consumption was relatively high (24 Litres / 100 km on road) in comparison to the comparable Opel Blitz 1.5 t truck (16.5 liters / 100 km, produced 1938 - 1942).
Total production was about 7,000 units.
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Variants
A successful design, the Krupp-Protze was converted into several variants:
- Kfz.19
- Telephone truck
- Kfz.21
- Staff car
- Kfz.68
- Radio mast carrier
- Kfz.69
- Standard configuration for towing the 3.7 cm Pak 36 anti-tank gun. Carried 2 in front with 4 in a pair of forward and rear facing seats.
- Kfz.70
- Standard configuration for personnel carrying. carried 2 in front with 10 seated in the rear on benches.
- Kfz.81
- Ammo carrier conversion for 2 cm FlaK anti-aircraft gun, usually towed
- Kfz.83
- Generator carrier for anti-aircraft searchlight, usually towed
- Sd.Kfz. 247 Ausf. A
- Krupp built ten Ausf. A models on the chassis of its six-wheel Krupp Protze truck in 1937.
Sometimes anti-tank (37 mm Pak 36) and anti-air (2 cm Flak) guns were mounted directly on the truck bed (Portée).
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