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	[[File:GBX129-03.png\|thumb\|"Vatch me pop a vheelie Hans!"]]		[[File:GBX129-03.png\|thumb\|"Vatch me pop a vheelie Hans!"]]
	The SdKfz 250, aka the "Special Motor Vehicle" was a German half track in service in the Axis powers, primarily in the Wehrmacht. It was a solid workhorse vehicle that served throughout the conflict.		The '''SdKfz 250''', aka the "Special Motor Vehicle" was a German half track in service in the Axis powers, primarily in the Wehrmacht. It was a solid workhorse vehicle that served throughout the conflict.
	==Early war==		==Early war==
	[[File:SD Kfz 250 Statcard.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Die Stats]]		[[File:SD Kfz 250 Statcard.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Die Stats]]
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	[[File:Sdkfz250 snowy.jpg\|thumb\|"I'm freezing my balls off out here."]]		[[File:Sdkfz250 snowy.jpg\|thumb\|"I'm freezing my balls off out here."]]
	When the Germans launched WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, which took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations), ''Auftragstaktik'' at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan, and high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was '''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side''' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' during WWII, the truth is that there were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use in front line combat.		When the Germans launched WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, which took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: 1) close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations); 2) ''Auftragstaktik'', at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan; and 3) high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was ''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side'' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' during WWII, the truth is that there were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use in front line combat.

	Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry and scout troops to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.		Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry and scout troops to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.

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	==IRL==		==IRL==
	When the Germans ~~lauched~~ WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, ~~that~~ took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations), ''Auftragstaktik'' at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan, and high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was '''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side''' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' ~~durning~~ WWII, the truth is that ~~here~~ were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around, and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use in front line combat.		[[File:Sdkfz250 snowy.jpg\|thumb\|"I'm freezing my balls off out here."]]
			When the Germans launched WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, which took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations), ''Auftragstaktik'' at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan, and high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was '''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side''' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' during WWII, the truth is that there were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use in front line combat.

	Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry and scout troops to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.		Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry and scout troops to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.

	The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all ~~others~~ things being equal, DEMAG delivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command ~~vehicle~~ with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.		The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all other things being equal, DEMAG delivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain, and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicles with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm, and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.

	{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}

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	==IRL==		==IRL==
	When the Germans lauched WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, that took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations), ''Auftragstaktik'' at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan, and high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was '''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side''' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' durning WWII, the truth is that here were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around, and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use ~~as gun carrier/artillery tractor/recovery vehicle anyway~~.		When the Germans lauched WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, that took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations), ''Auftragstaktik'' at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan, and high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was '''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side''' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' durning WWII, the truth is that here were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around, and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use in front line combat.

	Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.		Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry and scout troops to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.

	The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG delivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.		The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG delivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.

	{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}

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	Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.		Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.

	The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG ~~dellivered~~ brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.		The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG delivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.

	{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}

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	Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.		Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.

	The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG dellivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry ~~too~~ keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself as reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.		The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG dellivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry to keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.

	{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}

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	~~The SdKfz 250 was originally developed in order to add mobility and armored protection to~~ troops ~~traveling with Panzers~~. ~~The vehicle was reliable~~ and ~~popular~~, and was ~~slated~~ to ~~replace~~ the ~~Opel Blitz as~~ the ~~standard troop transport for Panzergrenadiers~~, but ~~this vision~~ was ~~never realized throughout the war~~.		When the Germans lauched WWII they were big on their ''Blitzkrieg'' tactics, that took the rest of the world by surprise. ''Blitzkrieg'' relied on three main pillars: close collaboration by all type of troops (aka. combined-arms operations), ''Auftragstaktik'' at the time a rather novel concept of giving a (insert unit here) leader a goal and a time by which said goal had to be met rather than an inflexible battle-plan, and high mobility. And while the two first could be easily propped up with training, the third was '''one hell of a fucking thorn in their side''' for the entirety of the war. Despite the myth of a highly mechanized ''Wehrmacht'' durning WWII, the truth is that here were simply never enough vehicles nor fuel to go around, and that the main locomotion systems were (in this order) trains, feet and horses. Sure, they had the [[SdKfz 251]] heavy-duty half-track available, but not in sufficient numbers; and that one was being put to way better use as gun carrier/artillery tractor/recovery vehicle anyway.

	The 250 was ~~equipped with a frontally mounted MG34~~ and ~~decent armor that protected it~~ from small arms ~~fire~~. ~~However~~, it ~~paled in comparison~~ to the M3, ~~with~~ it~~'s M2 Browning MG~~. ~~There~~ were ~~also~~ dedicated scout ~~variants that had 20mm~~, 37mm, and even 75mm cannons mounted into it, ~~though more often they were used as artillery support vehicles and command vehicles for officers~~.		Thus, in order to address the problem of lack of transport vehicles, and especially 'front-line capable' vehicles (up to a point, at least) to allow the infantry to keep up with the Panzers, German High Command put out a tender for a brand-new ''Schützenpanzerwagen'' to complement and hopefully supplement the unarmored and weaponless but ubiquitous Opel Blitz truck.

			The DEMAG society, who had experience already with light, unarmored half-tracks, was selected to produce the SdKfz 250. And, all others things being equal, DEMAG dellivered brilliantly: the SdKfz 250 was reasonably fast, rugged, tough, easy of use, could cross pretty much every type of terrain and offered adequate protection from shrapnel and small arms to the squad it carried. Originally, it was only intended to act as a transport for infantry and especially ''Spähtruppen'', allowing the infantry too keep up and act as the eyes and ears of the heavier tank divisions. The original version sported only two machineguns to support the squad of soldiers it carried, and was intended to leg it as soon as enemy positions were confirmed. But, the vehicle proved itself as reliable and extremely popular with the soldiers, and over the course of the war a staggering amount of different versions were created; from command vehicle with multiple radios for officers to coordinate their troops, to dedicated scout vehicles without troop transport capacity, to AA vehicles, to artillery observation vehicles, to mortar carriers, to tank hunters sporting 37mm,and even 75mm cannons mounted into it. In a way, it is a symbol of Germany during WWII: never really perfect but readily adaptable to the task at hand.

	{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}

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			[[File:GBX129-03.png\|thumb\|"Vatch me pop a vheelie Hans!"]]
	The SdKfz 250, aka the "Special Motor Vehicle" was a German half track in service in the Axis powers, primarily in the Wehrmacht. It was a solid workhorse vehicle that served throughout the conflict.		The SdKfz 250, aka the "Special Motor Vehicle" was a German half track in service in the Axis powers, primarily in the Wehrmacht. It was a solid workhorse vehicle that served throughout the conflict.
			==Early war==
			[[File:SD Kfz 250 Statcard.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Die Stats]]
			==Mid War==
			==Late War==

	==IRL==		==IRL==

1d4chan>Lord Of The Lemmings: /* IRL */

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	The SdKfz 250 was originally developed in order to add mobility and armored protection to troops traveling with Panzers. The vehicle was reliable and popular, and was slated to replace the Opel Blitz as the standard troop transport for Panzergrenadiers, but this vision was never realized throughout the war.		The SdKfz 250 was originally developed in order to add mobility and armored protection to troops traveling with Panzers. The vehicle was reliable and popular, and was slated to replace the Opel Blitz as the standard troop transport for Panzergrenadiers, but this vision was never realized throughout the war.

	The 250 was equipped with a frontally mounted MG34 and decent armor that protected it from small arms fire. However, it paled in comparison to the M3, with it's M2 Browning MG. There were also dedicated scout ~~varients~~ that had 20mm, 37mm, and even 75mm cannons mounted into it, though more often they were used as artillery support vehicles and command ~~vehicle~~ for officers.		The 250 was equipped with a frontally mounted MG34 and decent armor that protected it from small arms fire. However, it paled in comparison to the M3, with it's M2 Browning MG. There were also dedicated scout variants that had 20mm, 37mm, and even 75mm cannons mounted into it, though more often they were used as artillery support vehicles and command vehicles for officers.

	{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}		{{Template:German Forces in Flames of War}}