The Munitionsfahrzeug III/IV (ammunition carrier) was specifically
built to re-supply the
Hummel self-propelled artillery, which could only carry 18 rounds.
Usually a Panzer division was allotted a mobile heavy battery of six
Hummel, with two ammunition carriers to launch a sustained
bombardment. The Munitionsfahrzeugs were especially useful on rough
terrain inaccessible to trucks. In all 157 were built. In technical terms the ammunition carrier was identical to a regular Hummel, but without the heavy field howitzer. In place of the gun an armor plate was fixed to cover the gap on the front plate. The Munitionsfahrzeug also used the hybrid PzKpfw III/IV chassis. |
Technical data and/or diagram of Munitionsfahrzeug III/IV. | |
This Munitionsfahrzeug III/IV is captured by the Americans. | |
A Munitionsfahrzeug III/IV fording a stream in Russia. |