Pz Kfz 1 Munitionsschlepper
From the spring of 1942 obsolete Pz Kfz 1 were converted to load carriers by the fitting of a large steel box in place of the turret. The box was covered with a canvas tilt.
From early 1943 an order was issued that all remaining Pz Kfz 1 be converted to ‘Munitionsschlepper ohne Aufbau’ (ammunition tractors without superstructure). These were often created by removing only the turret and not the superstructure as indicated in the order.
The turrets removed from these vehicles, and from the earlier self propelled gun conversions, were used for permanent fortifications. In May 1944, of the 611 Pz Kfz 1 turrets available, 511 had already been released for this purpose.
The munitionsschlepper converted in 1942 were issued to various panzer formations including 1 SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. From 1943, the Pz divisions converted the tanks still in their possession.
Ref: Encyclopedia-of-German-Tanks-of-WWII
by Chamberlain, Doyle and Jentz
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