| As a result of the 1920 conference Germany was allowed an additional 100 armoured vehicles for police use and Daimler, Ehrhardt and Benz each received an order for the
development of the Schupo Sonderwagen 21. Daimler built 33, Ehrhardt 32 and Benz 24. The vehicles were very similar being based on the Daimler DZR design and only
differed in minor details and dimensions.
It was the standard police armoured car during the Weimar Republic and was armed with two 7.92mm machine-guns in individual turrets. It had four-wheel drive and dual
controls enabling it to be driven from the front or rear. The headlights were accommodated in armored boxes, which could be opened from the inside. The armour consisted
of 12mm chromium-nickel stainless steel plates built on a chassis of 7mm armour plate.
Most of the surviving vehicles were thought to have been converted to SdKfz 3 in the 1930s but at least one survived to be destroyed in the grounds of the Reichstag during the
fall of berlin in 1945.
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VARIANTS OF THE SERIES
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GENERAL RECOGNITION POINTS
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- Four-wheel armoured vehicle with single front wheels & double rear wheels.
- Armoured covers to wheel centres.
- High sided personnel compartment with vertical facet over rear wheel.
- Two small 'staggered' turrets on roof with commanders cupola in between.
- Hull extrusion on front left-hand-side above spare wheels.
- Hull roof above driver & rear left angled downwards.
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WEBSITES
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HELP IDENTIFY |
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DOCUMENTS
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- Die Gepanzerten Radfahrzeuge des Deutschen Heeres 1905-1945
Spielberger & Doyle, ISBN 3-87943-337-2
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FORUMS |
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