neu (new) - late version with flattened crew compartment sides made from a single piece of armour. simplified manufacture but weaker armour.
Sd.Kfz. 250/1 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen - standard troop carrier.
Sd.Kfz. 250/2 leichter Fernsprechpanzerwagen - equipped with cable-laying gear.
Sd.Kfz. 250/3 leichter Funkpanzerwagen - command variant, equipped with radio equipment and a "bedstead" aerial frame.
Sd.Kfz. 250/4 leichter Truppenluftschutzpanzerwagen - anti-aircraft variant armed with a dual MG 34 machine gun (planned only)
Sd.Kfz. 250/4 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen - observation vehicle for Sturmgeschütz detachments.
Sd.Kfz. 250/5 leichter Beobachtungspanzerwagen - command variant with additional radio equipment.
Sd.Kfz. 250/6 leichter Munitionspanzerwagen - ammunition carrier for assault guns.
Sd.Kfz. 250/7 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (schwerer Granatwerfer) - mounted an 81 mm mortar.
Sd.Kfz. 250/7 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (Munitionsfahrzeug) - ammunition transporter - carried 66 rounds for 81 mm mortar.
Sd.Kfz. 250/8 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (7.5 cm) - armed with a 7.5cm KwK 37 L/24 gun and an MG 34.
Sd.Kfz. 250/9 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (2 cm) - reconnaissance variant with a 2 cm KwK 38 autocannon and a coaxial MG (MG 34 or MG 42) in a low, open-topped turret (identical to that of the Sd.Kfz.. 222 armoured car).
Sd.Kfz. 250/10 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (3.7 cm PaK) - reconnaissance platoon leader's variant with 3.7 cm PaK 35/36.
Sd.Kfz. 250/11 leichter Schützenpanzerwagen (schwere Panzerbüchse 41) - armed with a 2.8 cm sPzB 41 heavy anti-tank rifle and an MG 34.
Sd.Kfz. 250/12 leichter Messtruppanzerwagen - survey and artillery range spotting vehicle.
Sd.Kfz. 252 leichter gepanzerter Munitionskraftwagen - ammunition carrier for Sturmgeschütz.
Sd.Kfz. 253 leichter gepanzerter Beobachtungskraftwagen - artillery observer vehicle, with fully enclosed armoured body and artillery radios.