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SDKFZ 223 Fu (Radio) Armored Car
Specifications
Country of Origin/Used by: | Germany |
First Produced/Service Dates: | 1935-1944 |
Manufactured by: | Weserhutte, MNH, Bussig-NAG |
Crew: | 3 |
Armament: | Main: 7.92mm MG34 |
Engine: | 8 Cylinder Horch 3.5L or 3.8L |
Miscellaneous Info: | 223 pretty much a Sdkfz 222 with antenna array and without 20mm gun. The gun was omitted due to the radios contained within. |
Data Sheet Available: | None Available |
Photos
Reference | Source/Provider |
Sdkfz 223 Fu Armored Car Photos | The German Bundesarchiv |
Sdkfz 223 Fu Armored Car Photos | Erik Johansen - South Shields, Tyne & Wear UK |
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The Imperial War Museum |
Sdkfz 223 Fu Armored Car Photos (Vehicle at Patton Museum - Ft. Knox, KY USA) | Patrick Keenan - Editor |
References Available
Online
Reference | Source/Provider |
Printed
Reference | Author |
4-Wheeled Armoured
Cars in Germany WW2 (MMP Books) Book Review by Patrick Keenan - Editor |
Alan Ranger |
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars | George Forty |
Die Gepanzerten Radfahrzeuge: Des Deutschen Heeres 1905-1945 | Walter Spielberger |
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars | Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks |
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two (Revised) | Peter Chamberlain and Hilary Doyle |
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Garry Tobiss |
German Armored Cars 1905-1945 | Mariusz Skotnicki |
German Armored Cars and Reconnaissance Halftracks (Osprey New Vanguard #29) | Bryan Perrett |
German Armored Cars of World War Two | John Milsom & Peter Chamberlain |
German Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #33 | Major General N.W. Duncan |
German Armoured Cars 1921-1945 Part 1 (Pegaz # 5) |
Pegaz Publishing |
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John Blackman |
German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles - World War Two AFV Plans | George Bradford |
German Light Reconnaissance Vehicles | Horst Scheibert |
"Into the Archives: German Wartime Vehicles" (February 2011 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) |
James Payne |
Leichter Panzerspaehwagen (Sd.Kfz.221, 222, and 223) and Kleiner Panzerfunkwagen (Sd.Kfz.260 and 261) (Panzer Tracts No. 13-1) | Thomas Jentz & Hilary Doyle |
Panzerspahwagen | Uwe Feist & Robert Johnson (Ryton Publications) |
Panzerspahwagen: Armored Cars Sdkfz 3 to Sdkfz 263 (Panzer Tracts No. 13) | Thomas Jentz |
Panzerspähwagen Sdkfz. 221/222/223: Wehrmacht Light 4-wheeled Armoured
Cars and their Derivatives" (4014) |
Tankograd Publishing |
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
Model Photos
Reference | Source/Provider |
Sdkfz 223 Armored Car Model Photos (1/35 Tamiya) | Chuck Aleshire - Shorewood, Illinois USA |
Sdkfz 223 Armored Car Model Photos (1/35 Tamiya) | Chris Graeter - Colchester, Vermont USA |