Sd.Kfz. 9
E1040738
The Sd.Kfz. 9 was a heavy German half-track vehicle used primarily during World War II for towing artillery and recovering tanks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sd.Kfz. 9 canonical | 1 |
| Sd.Kfz. 9/1 | 1 |
| Sd.Kfz. 9/2 | 1 |
| Sd.Kfz. 9/3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13422661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sd.Kfz. 9 Context triple: [FAMO, product, Sd.Kfz. 9]
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A.
Sd.Kfz. 182
Sd.Kfz. 182 is the German military designation for the Tiger II, a heavily armored World War II heavy tank used by Nazi Germany.
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B.
Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks
The Sd.Kfz. 251 was a German World War II armored half-track personnel carrier widely used by Wehrmacht and Panzergrenadier units for transporting infantry into battle.
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C.
StuG IV
The StuG IV was a German World War II assault gun and tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis, designed primarily for infantry support and anti-tank roles.
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D.
Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf. G
The Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf. G was the final and most refined production variant of Germany’s Panther medium tank used in the later stages of World War II.
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E.
Panzer II
The Panzer II was a light German tank used extensively in the early years of World War II, particularly during the invasions of Poland and France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sd.Kfz. 9 Target entity description: The Sd.Kfz. 9 was a heavy German half-track vehicle used primarily during World War II for towing artillery and recovering tanks.
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A.
Sd.Kfz. 182
Sd.Kfz. 182 is the German military designation for the Tiger II, a heavily armored World War II heavy tank used by Nazi Germany.
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B.
Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks
The Sd.Kfz. 251 was a German World War II armored half-track personnel carrier widely used by Wehrmacht and Panzergrenadier units for transporting infantry into battle.
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C.
StuG IV
The StuG IV was a German World War II assault gun and tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis, designed primarily for infantry support and anti-tank roles.
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D.
Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf. G
The Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf. G was the final and most refined production variant of Germany’s Panther medium tank used in the later stages of World War II.
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E.
Panzer II
The Panzer II was a light German tank used extensively in the early years of World War II, particularly during the invasions of Poland and France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German half-track vehicle
ⓘ
artillery tractor ⓘ military vehicle ⓘ tank recovery vehicle ⓘ |
| category | Sd.Kfz. series ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
towing 17 cm Kanone 18
ⓘ
towing 21 cm Mörser 18 ⓘ towing 24 cm Kanone 3 ⓘ |
| drive | half-track ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration |
Maybach HL 108
ⓘ
Maybach HL 210 ⓘ
linked to:
Maybach HL210 P45
|
| engineType | V12 petrol engine ⓘ |
| fuelType | gasoline ⓘ |
| height | approximately 2.8 m ⓘ |
| introduced | late 1930s ⓘ |
| length | approximately 8.3 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
FAMO
ⓘ
Tatra ⓘ Vomag ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | about 27 km/h ⓘ |
| nickname | FAMO ⓘ |
| numberOfRoadWheelsPerSide | 8 ⓘ |
| originPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | up to 9 ⓘ |
| primaryRole | towing heavy artillery ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1945 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1938 ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | tank recovery ⓘ |
| towingCapacity | over 18 tonnes ⓘ |
| trackLayout | interleaved road wheels ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German Army
ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recovering disabled tanks
ⓘ
towing 8.8 cm Flak gun ⓘ towing Panther tanks ⓘ towing Tiger I tanks ⓘ towing heavy field guns ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Eastern Front
ⓘ
North African Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
North African campaign
Western Front ⓘ |
| variant |
Sd.Kfz. 9/1
ⓘ
linked to:
Sd.Kfz. 9
Sd.Kfz. 9/2 ⓘ
linked to:
Sd.Kfz. 9
Sd.Kfz. 9/3 ⓘ
linked to:
Sd.Kfz. 9
|
| weightClass | 18-ton half-track ⓘ |
| width | approximately 3.0 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sd.Kfz. 9 Description of subject: The Sd.Kfz. 9 was a heavy German half-track vehicle used primarily during World War II for towing artillery and recovering tanks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.