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Germany's 4.7cm Pak(f) auf Panzerspähwagen P 204(f) armored car
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4.7cm Pak(f) auf Panzerspähwagen P 204(f) armored car:
Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
Bundesarchiv, Koblenz
Design
Around 200 of the French Panhard 178 armored cars were taken over by the Germans after the fall of France.2
This was the French Panhard 178 with its turret replaced with an armored three sided shield that had an 47mm anti tank weapon, that kept its shield, installed.1,2
Specifications
| 4.7cm Pak(f) auf Panzerspähwagen P 204(f) | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 42 |
| Radio | |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 8.2 tons2 |
| Length | |
| Height | |
| Width | |
| Width over tracks | |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 47 mm antitank1 |
| OR | 25 mm antitank2 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | 1: MG2 |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | 202 |
| Hull Front, Upper | |
| Hull Front, Lower | |
| Hull Sides, Upper | |
| Hull Sides, Lower | |
| Hull Rear | |
| Hull Top | |
| Hull Bottom | |
| Superstructure Front | |
| Superstructure Sides | |
| Superstructure Rear | |
| Superstructure Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | Panhard2 |
| Bore / stroke | |
| Cooling | |
| Cylinders | 42 |
| Capacity | |
| Net HP | 1002 |
| Power to weight ratio | |
| Compression ratio | |
| Transmission (Type) | |
| Steering | |
| Steering ratio | |
| Starter | |
| Electrical system | |
| Ignition | |
| Fuel (Type) | |
| Octane | |
| Quantity | |
| Road consumption | |
| Cross country consumption | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | |
| Speed - Road | |
| Speed - Cross Country | |
| Range - Road | |
| Range - Cross Country | |
| Turning radius | |
| Elevation limits | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical obstacle | |
| Climbing ability | |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels | 42 |
Sources:
- Profile, AFV Weapons #55, German Self-Propelled Weapons, Peter Chamberlain, H.L. Doyle, 1973
- Profile AFV Weapons #33, German Armoured Cars, Major General N. W. Duncan, 1971
