Sd kfz 234-1 2cm or 234-2 5cm

Review of the performance of the wheeled reconnaissance vehicles early in WW2 identified some gaps in the available types. This resulted in the design of the Sd Kfz 234 in late 1940. Trials started in mid-1942, with production of the 234/2, with a turret-mounted 5cm L/60 gun, from late 1943 until mid 1944. The 234/1 followed the 234/2 from mid 1944 until early 1945. Production of the 234/3 was concurrent with the 234/1, operationally supporting the 234/1. Production of the 234/4 ran from late 1944 until the end of the war, and was another way to mobilise the 7.5cm PaK 40.