The Art Of Tank Warfare - Chris Keeling

PSW 234/2 Puma
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Type: Armored car Top Speed: 90 KPH (22 off-road)
Availability: Oct 43 – May 45 Redline:
Playability: AI only Armor:
Main Armament: KwK 39 50mm L/60 Hull Front: 30mm
Depression/Elevation: -8°/+20° Hull Sides: 8mm
Secondary Armament: Coax MG Hull Rear: 10mm
Ammunition: 55 (50mm), 2850 (MG) Hull Top: 8mm
Smoke: None Superstructure Front: 30mm
Turret Traverse: 15 seconds Superstructure Sides: 8mm
Radio: Yes Superstructure Rear: 10mm
Target Size: Medium Superstructure Top: 8mm
Height: 2.38 meters Mantlet: 100mm
Weight: 11.7 tons Turret Front: 30mm
Ground Pressure: 1.0 kg/cm 2 Turret Sides: 14.5mm
Maximum Slope: 30° Turret Rear: 14.5mm
Maximum Vertical: 0.5 meters Turret Top: 8mm
The Panzerspähwagen 234/2 Puma eight-wheeled armored car used the same hull and chassis as the PSW
234/1, however, it carried a full turret with the 50mm L/60 gun made famous on the mid-production PzKpfw
III series tanks and slightly heavier armor than most other armored cars, including a Saukopfblende mantlet.
101 Puma were produced between Fall 1943 and Fall 1944. Due to the outclassing of the 50mm gun by enemy
armor, the Puma was replaced by the PSW 234/4. Companies of 25 Puma were attached to four Panzer
divisions as heavy reconnaissance units.
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