During World War II, the German armed forces used a large number of tracked and half-tracked vehicles for various purposes. The latter group includes various tracked armored personnel carriers of the Sd.Kfz.250 family and special equipment created on their basis. The above vehicles belonged to light armored personnel carriers and had a lower combat weight and carrying capacity than heavier Sd.Kfz.251. Most modifications of the armored personnel carrier were used to perform auxiliary tasks, among which were very honorable functions for reconnaissance and transportation of senior Wehrmacht officers in a combat situation. Produced in two design versions, the Sd.Kfz.250 armored personnel carrier had over a dozen modifications and was in service with tank, artillery, sapper units and reconnaissance companies. Truly, the family of these armored personnel carriers were universal "soldiers" of the German army.