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SDKFZ 263 Armored Radio Car (8-Wheel)

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Germany
First Produced/Service Dates:	1937
Manufactured by:	Deutsche Werke, Schichau
Crew:	5
Armament:	Main: (1) 7.92mm MG34 Machine Gun
Engine:	8-Cylinder Gasoline (Bussing-NAG L8V)
Miscellaneous Info:	The eight-wheeled Sdkfz 263 Armored Radio Car [Panzerfunkwagen (8 Rad)] is based on the same chassis as the SDKFZ 231/232 Fu 8-Rad and Sdkfz 233 7.5cm 8-Rad.  These vehicles were the successor to the Sdkfz 263 6-rad series of radio armored cars although they served along side one another at times.
Data Sheet Available:	Sdkfz 263 Armored Radio Car Data Sheet by David Haugh

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Sdkfz 263 Armored Radio Car (8-Wheel) Photos	David Haugh - Content Editor
Sdkfz 263 Armored Radio Car (8-Wheel) Photos	Imperial War Museum

References Available

Online

Printed

Reference	Author
A Photo History of Armoured Cars In Two World Wars	George Forty
Büssing's schwere Pz.Spähwagen Part 2: Sd.Kfz. 233 (7,5 cm), Panzerfunkwagen Sd.Kfz. 263 and Panzermesskraftwagen" (Nuts & Bolts Volume 36)	Martin Block and Holger Erdmann
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
German Armored Cars 1905-1945	Mariusz Skotnicki
German Armored Cars and Reconnaissance Halftracks (Osprey New Vanguard #29)	Bryan Perrett
German Armored Cars In Action - Squadron/Signal Publications	David Doyle
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 2 (Pegaz # 6)	Pegaz Publishing
"German Armoured Reconnaissance" (July 2015 Issue of Classic Miltiary Vehicle Magazine)	John Blackman
German Early War Armored Fighting Vehicles - World War Two AFV Plans	George Bradford
German Eight-Wheeled Reconnaissance Vehicles	Horst Scheibert
Military Vehicles in Detail #2: Sdkfz 231/234 8- Rad	Terry Gander
Panzerspahwagen: Armored Cars Sdkfz 3 to Sdkfz 263 (Panzer Tracts No. 13)	Thomas Jentz
Panzerspahwagen Sdkfz 231/232 Wehrmacht Heavy 6 & 8 Wheeled Armoured Cars and their Derivatives - Tankograd Publishing #4010	Henry Hoppe
Puma and Other Heavy Reconnaissance Vehicles	Horst Scheibert
Schwerer Panzerspaehwagen (Sd.Kfz.231, 232, and 233) and Panzerfunkwagen (Sd.Kfz.263) (Panzer Tracts No. 13-2)	Thomas Jentz & Hilary Doyle

Hobby Modeling

Kits and Accessories

Model Kit	Manufacturer	Scale	Other Information
SdKfz.263 8-Rad Panzerfunkwagen model kit (AF35263)	AFV Club	1/35	Injection Molded Plastic; New Tooled.
SdKfz.263 (Mod 1939) 8-Rad Panzerfunkwagen model kit (CB35124)	Bronco Models	1/35	Injection molded Plastic
SDKFZ 263 Fu Armored Car Kit (0708)	Roden	1/72	Injection molded Plastic
Aftermarket Set	Manufacturer	Scale	Other Information
SDKFZ 263 Fu Conversion	ADV/Azimut	1/35	Use with Tamiya SDKFZ 232 Kit
SDKFZ 263 PanzerFunkwagen Conversion (GAS48120)	Gaso.line	1/48	Use with Tamiya SDKFZ 232 Kit (32574)
SDKFZ 263 Fu Conversion (3519)	New Connection Models	1/35	Use with Tamiya SDKFZ 232 Kit
SDKFZ 263 Fu Conversion (GF014)	Pit Road	1/35	Use with Tamiya SDKFZ 232 Kit
Sdkfz 232 Series Wheel Set (35090)	Hussar Productions	1/35	Resin.
Sdkfz 232 8-wheeled armored car series Tire Chains (AVM35046)	Minor Model	1/35	Photo Etched brass; Contains enough material for 4 wheels.  Set for use with the AFV Club Series of model kits.
Sd.Kfz.231/232/263 (8 Rad) Short Exhaust Pipes	Moskit	1/35
SdKfz. 231/232 Wheel/Tire Set	Royal Model	1/35
German Armored Car Lifting Hook-Riveted (10027)	Tiger Model Designs	1/35	Resin; Useable on Sdkfz 231 Series of vehicles (Check references)

Model Photos