Vehicle:Sdkfz 234 Armored Car

1 Sdkfz 234 Armored Car Veterancy
2 Tactics
3 History
4 Built From
- 4.1 Sturm Armory
5 Doctrinal Abilities
- 5.1 Blitzkrieg
6 Vehicle Abilities
- 6.1 Vehicle Cover
7 Vehicle Upgrades
- 7.1 Puma 50mm Gun
8 Vehicle Weapons
- 8.1 20mm Puma
- 8.2 50mm Puma
- 8.3 MG42 Coaxial MG

Sdkfz 234 Armored Car
	Health	310	Max Speed	7	Sight	35
	Cost	28035	Acceleration	4.5	Detection	0/0
	Time	45	Deceleration	4.5
Hotkey: P	Population	4	Rotation	50	Target Type	vehicle_234
	Upkeep	5.376	Crush Human		Critical Type	vehicle
			Crush Mode		Rear Damage Enabled	true

Sdkfz 234 Armored Car Veterancy			[Expand][Hide]
	Received Damage Received Accuracy (While Moving)	x0.85 x0.95
	Sight Radius Received Accuracy (While Moving)	x1.125 x0.95
	Main Weapon Damage Received Accuracy (While Moving)	x1.3 x0.95

Tactics

Commonly known as the Puma, the armored car is effective at killing infantry and airborne units.
Kiting is a tactic used to back up and stay at the maximum gun range and avoid sticky bombs and other weapons.
When a British opponent fast-techs to Stuart, a fairly quick solution to this is to up gun the Puma with a 50mm gun. This allows it to win in a slug fest against the Stuart and gives it the ability to "snipe" Infantry Sections.

History

The SdKfz 234 series of armored car were an effective series of vehicles intended to replace the aging SdKfz 222 and 231 armored cars in service. With its eight-wheeled design it could travel over rough terrain nearly as well as a tank, and its frontal amour was improved over earlier vehicles of the same class. The first models that arrived at the front-line were the SdKfz 234/2 "Puma" which mounted a small turret that was originally designed for a light tank project that was scrapped. This turret carried a 5cm KwK39 gun, which was the main gun of most Panzer III's only a year before, so it was an effective anti-tank defense. Later models were SdKfz 234/1's which had the SdKfz 222's turret with a 2cm KwK38 gun. Near the end of the war, the SdKfz 234/3 and 234/4 were put into service, which were armed with a 7.5cm KwK37 short tank gun and a 7.5cm PaK40 anti-tank gun respectively. Very few divisions received SdKfz 234 series vehicles for their mechanized reconnaissance battalions.

The 234 in Company of Heroes is the SdKfz 234/1, with the option of upgrading to a SdKfz 234/2 "Puma" when taking the 50mm Gun upgrade.

Built From

Sturm Armory				[Expand][Hide]
	Health	635	Target Type	building
	Cost	24035	Critical Type	building
	Time	120
Hotkey: S	Effects: Deploys the Officer, 234 Heavy Armored Cars, Stug tanks, and the Nebelwerfer Rocket Artillery. ?ESee Structure:Sturm Armory for details.

Doctrinal Abilities

Blitzkrieg				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	150	Activation	timed
	Duration	30	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	60
Hotkey:	Effects: All Tanks and Armored Vehicles move more quickly, crush everything in their path, and fire more frequently. Infantry sprint to keep pace. ?ESee Ability:Blitzkrieg for details.

Vehicle Abilities

Vehicle Cover				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost		Activation	always_on
	Duration	_	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	0
Hotkey:	Effects: $0 no key ?ESee Ability:Vehicle Cover for details.

Vehicle Upgrades

Puma 50mm Gun				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	75	Time	30
Hotkey: U	Effects: Equip the SdKfz 234 Armored Car with a 50mm Anti Tank Gun turret. ?ESee Upgrade:Puma 50mm Gun for details.