see sd.kfz . 251 . logo from a german hanomag car ad from 1931 builder s plate of hannoversche maschinenbau locomotive no 1477 of 1882 0 6 0 at the finnish railway museum hanomag hannoversche maschinenbau ag was a german producer of steam locomotives tractors trucks and military vehicles in hanover . hanomag first achieved international fame by delivering a large number of steam locomotives to finland romania and bulgaria before world war i. in 1925 they added automobiles to their line additionally moving in 1931 into the production of construction machinery . since 1989 the company has been part of the komatsu company . contents 1 history 1.1 cars 1.2 military vehicles 1.3 merger & split 1.4 construction machinery 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit hanomag railway engine built in 1932 the company dates back to 1835 when georg egestorff founded in linden near hanover a company called eisen giesserey und maschinenfabrik georg egestorff to build small steam engines . they soon started making farm machinery and in 1846 built their first railway locomotive for the royal hanoverian state railways . by 1870 they had made 500 locomotives and in 1871 changed their name to hannoversche maschinenbau actien gesellschaft vorm . georg egestorff linden vor hannover . road vehicles followed when in 1905 they received a contract for steam waggons for the german army . petrol engined vehicles followed in 1912 with a line of farm tractors . hannoversche maschinenbau locomotive no 1477 of 1882 0 6 0 at the finnish railway museum cars edit hanomag 2 10ps kommissbrot hanomag 1.5 litre rekord by the 1920s the market for steam road vehicles was in terminal decline and hanomag looked to cars as the future particularly economy models . in 1925 they launched the hanomag 2 10 a 370 kg 816 lb open two seater with a rear mounted 500cc 1 single cylinder water cooled engine . named zweisitzer limousine two seat limousine 2 by the company its rounded front and rear gained it the nickname kommissbrot for its resemblance to a loaf of army bread . although made in large numbers 15 775 in total it did not make much money for the company and in the late 1920s the railway locomotive division was sold to henschel & son of kassel . a more conventional car the 3 16ps and the first diesel engined tractors came in 1928 taking the company back into profit . hanomag were badly hurt by the drop in trade in 1929 and built a large stock of unsold vehicles . things improved in 1930 and the company got 14 per cent of the domestic car market second place behind opel but in 1931 a new crisis came when the banks called a loan . the factory was mortgaged to hannover city and the vereinigte stahlwerke trust and the company relaunched as hanomag automobil und schlepperbau gmbh . for 1932 a new small car the 1.1 litre renamed the garant in 1934 was announced and sold well allowing two shift working to be introduced and it was joined by the larger 1.5 litre rekord a name later used by opel in 1933 with independent front suspension . a diesel rekord was shown at the 1936 berlin motor show . military vehicles edit during world war ii the car plant made military vehicle engines a military version of their heavy tractor renamed the ss 100 and half track troop carriers . hanomag 20 b a 4 wheel drive small unit personnel carrier was produced 1937 1940 ca. 2000 under the parentage of stoewer as the r180 r200 and type 40 . capacity problems by stoewer resulted in co production by both bmw as the 325 and hanomag . 3 together the three manufacturers made ca. 10.000 units . the special 4 wheel steering system was fitted on most models . operating a lock level between the front seats made the steerable rear axle turn sideways to a certain angle . 4 the single most important and iconic military vehicle to be designed and built by hanomag during world war ii was the sd.kfz . 251 half track commonly called simply the hanomag with a total production numbering just over 15 000 . built to protect and transport the panzergrenadier mechanized infantry forces it was by far the most common german armoured troop carrying vehicle of wwii and a direct precursor to the armoured personnel carriers of today . in comparison to the most common allied half track of the war the m3 half track the sd.kfz 251 was slower and lower powered but with thicker sloping side armor that provided better protection ; the flat sided m3 was at one point panned as the purple heart box for being unable to stop 7.92 mm bullets at close range while the hanomag s sloping side armor deflected the .30 caliber bullets of the allies with no similar issue . post war production resumed making trailer units followed by tractors and in 1949 a 1.5 ton truck . although prototypes were made no cars were produced postwar . rudolph hiller who had been president of ph nomen trucks joined the board and restructured the company by arranging for it to join the rheinstahl consortium in 1952 . merger & split edit hanomag henschel f 65 in 1964 rheinstahl took over henschel werke and in a reverse of history the company was merged with hanomag . hanomag perfekt 400e the farm tractor operation was sold to massey ferguson and in 1969 the truck making division of hanomag henschel went to daimler benz leaving the hanover works making earth moving machinery for massey ferguson . in 1989 the world s second largest construction machine manufacturer komatsu bought a share of hanomag ag and since 2002 komatsu hanomag gmbh has been a 100 % subsidiary of the global company . construction machinery edit hanomag loader in hanover the company is producing wheel loaders ranging from 54 to 353 hp 263 kw and since 2005 also has been producing wheeled excavators from 14 to 22 tons . thanks to the european technical center eutc these correspond to the latest state of technology . in hanover the company develops construction machines which meet varied requirements of customers all over europe as well as for certain products also worldwide . see also edit daimler benz list of car brands tempo force motors formerly bajaj tempo produced hanomag products in india . references edit g.n. georgano cars early and vintage 1886 1930 . london grange universal 1985 g.n. georgano . odin l.c. world in motion 1939 the whole of the year s automobile production . belvedere publishing 2015 . asin b00zln91zg . odin l.c. world in motion 1939 the whole of the year s automobile production . belvedere publishing 2015 . asin b00zln91zg . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to hanomag . komatsu hanomag all about hanomag coordinates 52 21 25 n 9 42 28 e 52.35694 n 9.70778 e 52.35694 ; 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