4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1936
NAMED MODELMilitary · GermanyGermany

Kfz 69 (3.7 cm Pak tractor)

The Protze’s main job: towing the 3.7 cm Pak 36 anti-tank gun and carrying its crew and ammunition.

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Sources & evidence
Kfz 69 (3.7 cm Pak tractor) — German Krupp Protze prime movers during the Second World War.Frank Capra · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLEL2H143 Protze (1936–41)BUILT BYFried. Krupp AG, EssenIN SERVICE1936PRODUCTIONPart of about 7,000LAYOUT6 wheels

The record

Every anti-tank company of the early war years ran on these. The gun the Kfz 69 towed was obsolete by 1941; the vehicle outlasted it.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1936
ENGINEKrupp M 304 petrol four, 60 hpKrupp M 304
PRODUCTION RUNPart of about 7,000
COUNTRY OF ORIGINGermany
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEProtze
FAMILYProtze
WHEELS6
BODY STYLEsoft
CATEGORYMilitary · Germany

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Panzergrau

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1Krupp Protze ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched